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STREPTOPELIA DUSSUMIERI (Temm.). 
Taken in Romblon and Sibuyan. 
CHALCOPHAPS INDICA (Linn.). 
Romblon and Sibuyan. 
HYPOTANIDIA TORQUATA (Linn.). 
Bourns and Worcester record this common rail from Romblon, 
where we also took a specimen. We observed the species in Sibuyan. 
POLIOLIMNAS CINERIUS (Vieill.). 
One specimen from Sibuyan, where previously it was not known. 
GALLICREX CINEREA (Lath.). 
A female from Sibuyan, where the species is not uncommon, 
constitutes a new record for the province. 
STERNA BERGII Licht. 
Recorded by Bourns and Worcester from Romblon. I saw large 
terns in the harbor which were probably of this species. 
STERNA MELANAUCHEN Temm. 
One specimen of this beautiful rose-breasted tern, taken by us 
on Cresta de Gallo, appears to be the first capture of the species in 
the Philippines as restricted,’ although it is known from Paragua. 
ANGIALITIS DUBIA (Scop.). 
One specimen from Sibuyan where the species was not previously 
known. 
ANGIALITIS PERONI (Bp.). . 
Three specimens from Romblon and one from Sibuyan. The 
species was scarce on both islands and previously had not been 
known from the province. 
ROSTRATULA CAPENSIS (Linn.). 
The taking of one specimen of the painted snipe in Sibuyan 
constitutes a new record for Romblon Province. 
GARZETTA GARZETTA (Linn.). 
One specimen from Romblon is the first recorded for the province. 
DEMIEGRETTA SACRA (Gm.). 
One specimen of the reef heron from Romblon. Is was also 
observed along the beach in Sibuyan. 
1Cf. Worcester, Proc. U. S. N. M., XX, p. 598. 
