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were then found in small trees and bushes. Known to the natives as 

 "a-la-ga'-dang." 



With regard to the female plumage of M. teiiuirostris, our specimens 

 tend to confirm the statements of Salvadori (Cat. Bds.) and Grant 

 (Ibis, 1895, p. 470) that the adult female differs in plumage from 

 the male. One of our specimens from Benguet taken May 1, 1903, 

 showed unmistakable signs of being a breeding female and resembles 

 the plumage described for young birds, including the "broad rufous- 

 cinnamon edges on the upper wing coverts." A breeding male taken 

 at the same time and place has rufous-cinnamon edges to the wing- 

 coverts. It seems probable that two or perhaps three seasons are required 

 for either sex of this species to attain the fully adult plumage. 



Sl'REPTOPELIA DTJSSUMIERI (Teilim.). 



hare on Calayan, where it is called "pagau." 



Onopopelia humilis (Temm.). 



One of a pair killed in a Calayan rice field November 13; no others 

 seen. 



Chalcophaps indica (Linn.). 



This green ground dove occurs in its usual numbers on both islands 

 visited. One specimen from Fuga, where the species is rather more 

 common than on Calayan, is albinistic. A few feathers on the breast, 

 abdomen, shoulders, back, and rump and one tail feather are pure white. 

 (No. 3995, Coll. Phil. Mus.) On Calayan it is called "li-mu'-kin." 



Sula sula (Linn.) ? 



September 7 as we were nearing the Island of Calayan a pair of 

 gannets circled about our boat. They were probably of this species, but 

 I never saw them again and in fact have never seen gannets near a 

 beach in the Philippines. 



Antigone sharpei Blanf . ; Sharpe, Hand List Birds, p. 178 (Malay 

 Peninsula, etc.). 

 Antigone antigone Sharpe, Cat. Bds., XXIII, p. 264. 



This bird is well known to the Tagalos as "tipol," but seems to be 

 unrecorded from these Islands. A mounted specimen said to have been 

 taken at Aparri has been received in exchange from Father Sanchez, 

 of the Jesuit Museum, Manila. Secretary Worcester had a live bird 

 of this species for some time, said to have been taken in Candaba swamp. 

 The bird is now in the Botanical Gardens, Manila. 



Dissoura episcopus (Bodd.) ? 



A large bird believed to have been of this species was occasionally seen 

 on Calayan. 



Poliolimnas (?) species. 



Once or twice I flushed a small rail from a rice field on Calayan. but. 

 could not be sure as to the genus. A liberal reward offered for a "took- 



