1878.] LUZON BIRDS IN THE DAEMSTADT MUSEUM. . 605 



Herr v. Othberg. Though few in number, some of them belong to species of which the 

 Philippine habitat has not hitherto rested on indisputable evidence, while two of them have not 

 before been known as being migrants to the archipelago. 



COLLOCALIA PUCIPHAGA. 



Hirundo fuciphaga, Thunb. Act. Holm, xxxiii. p. 151, t. iv., "Java;" Walden, Ibis, 1874, 

 ' p. 135. [Antea, p. 260.] 



Collocalia linchi, Horsf & Moore, Cat. E.I. C. Mus. i. p. 100. no. 123, "Java." 



A single example of a species of the genus Collocalia was sent by H. v. Othberg to the 

 Darmstadt Museum, and, I am assured by Dr. Briiggeman, was obtained in Luzon. It is not 

 separable from the Javan species, C. linchi, H. & M., i. e. the true //. fucij)haga of Thunberg. 

 No species of the genus has hitherto been known to inhabit Luzon ; nor has this species been 

 found in any other Philippine island. 



TURDUS OBSCDRUS (92). 



The Philippine habitat of this Thrush has hitherto rested solely on Prince Bonaparte's 

 authority (Col. Delattre, p. 28). Three examples from the vicinity of Manilla are sent to 

 me by Professor Koch. 



TURDUS CHRYSOLADS (93). 



The certainty of this Thrush being an inhabitant of the Philippines turned on the 

 authenticity of a skin in Mr. Gould's collection {cf. Sclater, Ibis, 1863, p. 197). Four examples 

 from Manilla are in the Darmstadt Museum. 



TURDUS VARIUS. 



Turdus varius, Pallas, Zoogr. R.-Asiatica, i. p. 449. 



Professor Newton (Hist. Brit. Birds, pt. iv. p. 254) has remarked that Mr. Gould had 

 received an example of White's Thrush from Manilla. While there could be no possible doubt 

 of the strict accuracy of Professor Newton's determination of the species, I did not feel quite 

 confident that the origin of the specimen was indisputable (for I had also examined it); and the p.z.S.1878 

 species was therefore not included by me in my list of Philippine Birds. Professor Koch, P- '^30. 

 however, sends me three examples from Manilla. 



Ertthropitta kochi. (Plate XXVI. in orig.) 



Pitta kochi, Briiggemann, Abhandl. naturw. Ver. zu Bremen, v. p. 65, t. iii. f. 6. 



Professor Koch has kindly sent me the type specimen of this Pitta, from which the accom- 

 panying figure is taken. The species is undoubtedly distinct from all the other known members 

 of the subgenus. It is almost as large as Ilydrormis nipalensis. The tarsus measures nearly two 

 inches. Its specific characters and points of difference are fully detailed by its describer [1. c). 



ACROCEPHALUS FASCIOLATUS. 



Acrocephalus fasciolatus, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 349. 



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