1878.] THE ISLAND OF BOHOL. 621 



for Palawan, wliile his brother proceeded to the interior of the island to collect. There he 

 found a country covered with grass 12 feet high, and with no forest except on the tops of a few 

 hills. Birds were scarce ; and he had to return stricken with fever. The collection obtained in 

 North Bohol contains representatives of 47 species ; and although all belong to previously- 

 known birds, seven of them have not been hitherto recorded as being inhabitants of the 

 Philippines. These are : — 



Cisticola cursitans. Limosa lapponica. 



Alauda wattersi. Tringa albescens. 



TereJcia cinerea. Strepsilas interpres. 

 Limicola platyrhyncha. 



The rest of the species are generally distributed throughout the archipelago, with perhaps 

 the exception of Lanius nasutus, which appears to be a northern form, and Orthotomus frontalis 

 and Loriculus hartlaubi, Avhich are southern species. 



1. Loriculus HARTLAUBI (7) 1 p.z.S.1878, 



[Bohol, ? , October.] ^' ^^^' 



Only one example of a female, and not in full dress. It agrees with individuals of true 

 L. hartlaubi in a similar stage of plumage, but has the maxilla shorter by one tenth of an inch. 



2. Haliastur intermedius (17). 

 [N. Bohol, J ? , October.] 



3. BUTASTUR INDICUS (20). 



[N. Bohol, 2 , October : iris golden-yellow ; bill black ; cere and base of bill bright chrome- 

 yellow ; legs and feet du'ty chrome-yellow ; nails black.] 



4. Merops philippinus (35). 

 [N. Bohol, d , October.] 



5. Alcedo bengalensis (38). 

 [N. Bohol, ? , October.] 



6. Sauropatis chloris (47). 

 [N. Bohol, cJ ? , October.] 



7. Cacomajvtis merulinus (57). 



[N. Bohol, d , October : iris light red ; bill black ; base of mandible reddish ; nails black ; 

 feet and legs waxy Naples-yellow.] 



The above note pertains to the adult. Two other examples are in rufous and brown- 

 banded plumage. 



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