A LIST OF BIRDS COLLECTED DY Dll. PAUL BAPtTSCH 



IN THE riiiLipriXE islands. p,opneo, (utam, and 



MIDWAY ISLAND, AVITII DESCRIPTIONS OF 'THREE 

 NEW FORMS. 



By Edcak Alexander Meakns, 



AssuciiUc in Zoolof/i/, ['. H. yationul Muncum. 



Oil the Yo^'age of the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer 

 Albatross to the Philippine Islands Dr. Paul Bartsch accompanied 

 that vessel as a representative of the United States National Museum, 

 and made collections of l)irds whenever opportunity^ afforded, being 

 assisted in this Avork by the regular staff of the Albatross. 



Collections were thus made at Midway Island during November 

 7 and 8, 1907 ; at Guam Island, November 19 to 21, 1907; at Sandakan, 

 Borneo, and vicinity, March 1 to 3, 190S; but by far the largest 

 collection Avas gathered in the Philippine Islands, where many im- 

 portant gaps were filled in the United States -National ISIuseum series 

 of birds. The following forms are here described as new to science : 

 Ratnphalcyon. capcnsis smitM and Pycnonoti/s r/oiavier snlnensis from 

 the Philippines, and Colloealla bartschi from Guam. 



The following-named Philippine species are new to the collection 

 of the U. S. National Museum : Loriciilus bonapartei, Yungipicus 

 ramsayi, Rhinomyws ondaris, Edoliosoma everctti, Pericrocotus 

 marchesa^., Anthreptes tingleswortlii (female), and Chibia suhiensis. 



The collection also contained several species not previously re- 

 ceived from the Philippine Islands. 



BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE PHILIPl'INE ISLANDS. 



MEGAPODIUS CUMINGI Dillwyn. 



Cat. No. 211290, adult. Taal Volcauo, Bataiigas I'ruviuce, Luzon, Decem- 

 ber 27, 1907. 

 GALLUS GALLUS (Linnasus). 



Cat. No. 211300-1, male adults. Taal Volcano, Bataugas Province, Luzon, 



December 27, 1907. 

 Cat. No. 211302, female adult. Taal Volcano, Batangas Province, Luzon, 

 December 27, 1907. 



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