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Secondary coverts blackish mottled and edged with pale buff. Tail 

 blackish, edged with pale buff. Bill pale bluish; legs flesh pink, nails 

 slightly darker; irides very pale yellow. Length, 5 inches; wing, 2.80; 

 tail, 0.93; culmen, 0.41; depth of bill at angle of gonys, 0.23; tarsus, 

 0.66; middle toe with claw, 0.71. 



This bird is known to us from the type specimen purchased in the 

 market where it was found with others of the same genus. It is readily 

 distinguishable from any other Luzon Tar nix by its very deep, short bill. 



Spiienocercus Formosa Swinh. ; Salvadori, Cat. Bds., XXI, p. 13, PI. I. 

 Fairly abundant on Calayan, where it is called "pu-nai," a name used 

 for Osmotrcron, in many of the Philippine Islands. This bird may be 

 distinct from the Formosa species, which is said to occur in the moun- 

 tains of that country, but I can find nothing in our series of a dozen 

 skins to justify a separation, and a comparison will be necessary for 

 final identification. The genus is new to the Philippines. 



Leucotreron leclancheri (Bp.). 



Three specimens from Calayan agree with some from Luzon and 

 Mindoro. Shy and difficult to obtain. 



Carpopiiaga nuchalis Cab.; Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 487 (Fuga) ; AVhite- 

 head, Ibis, 1899, p. 487. 



Both Grant and Whitehead were very sure that the single specimen 

 which they had from Fuga Avas distinct from C. nuchalis of Luzon. 

 Our four skins from Fuga and Calayan are alike and have a dark- 

 purplish nuchal band. With no Luzon material at hand for comparison 

 it is necessary to let these stand as nuchalis. Fairly common on Fuga 

 and abundant on Calayan. 



About the middle of November these birds collect in large flocks, some- 

 times numbering 100 or more. They are easily killed if they happen 

 to pass near one, but when feeding or resting in trees they take fright 

 at the first sign of danger. All specimens killed were extremely fat, 

 so that good skins were out of the question. Same on Calayan, "balug." 



Columba griseigularis (Wald. and Layard). 



A few were seen in the tops of the heaviest timber. One killed was 

 so fat that I made no attempt to get more. 



MACROPYGIA PH^A, new species. 



Specific characters. — Somewhat similar to M. tenuirostris Bp., but 

 larger and much darker ; the inner webs of first three primaries uniform, 

 the others but narrowly, if at all, edged with rufous. 



Type. — No. 3933, adult male, Philippine Museum Collection, Calayan 

 Island, Babuyanes, P. I. Collected November 18, 1903, by E. C. Mc- 

 Gregor and A. Celestino. 



Description. — Upper parts, including wings and tail, blackish brown; 

 back and rump feathers with wide edges of very dark-bluish slate (these 



