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CACATUA HAEMATUROPYGIA (P. L. S. Mulkr). 



Cat. No. 211318, iii-ile adult. Silajj;o Iliver, Samar, April 12, lOOS. 



Cat. No. 211310, male adult. Diiimirujj; Point, Masbate, April 19, 1908. 



Cat. No. 211317, female adnlt. DtimniuiJC Point, M:isbate, April 17, 1908, 



Cat. No. 211319, female adult. Siasi Island, 8ulu group, February IS, 1908. 

 TANYGNATHUS LUCIONENSIS (Linnaeus). 



Cat. No. 211321-3, males. Dumurui; I'oint, INIasbate, April 19, 1908. 



Cat. No. 211324, female. Dumurug Point, Masbate, April 19, 1908. 



Cat. No. 211320, male. Romblon, Romblon Island, March 26, 1908. 



Cat. No. 211325, male. Lapac Island, Sulu group, February 17, 1908. 

 LORICULUS BONAPARTEI Souance. 



Cat. No. 21132G, female adult. .Jolo, Sulu Island, :March 7, 1908. 

 EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS (Linnaeus). 



Cat. No. 211353, male adult. Dunmrug Point, Masbate, April 19, 1908. 



Cat. No. 211354, male adult. Silngo Kiver, Samar, April 11, 1908. 



Cat. No. 211356, male adult. Capunnypugan I'oint, Mindanao, May 10, 

 1908. 



Cat. No. 211355, female adult. M-aU, eastern Mindanao, May 15, 1908. 

 RAMPHALCYON CAPENSIS GIGANTEA (Walden). 



Cat. No. 2113(54, male adult. Baganga liiver, eastern Mindanao, May 13, 

 1908. 



Cat. No. 211365, male adult. Bongao Island, Tawi-tawi group, February 

 23, 1908. 



Cat. No. 211366, female adult. Bongao Island, Tawi-tawi group, February 

 23, 1908. 

 The typical Mindanao specimen is decidedly bluer — less greenish blue — on 

 the upper surfaces than the pair from Bongao Island. 



RAMPHALCYON CAPENSIS SMITHI, new subspecies. 

 MASBATE STORK-BILLED KINGFISHER. 



Type.— Cut No. 2113G3, U. S. N. M., adult male, collected by Dr. 

 Paul Bartsch at Dumurug Point, Masbate Island, April 18, 1908. 



Characters. — Intermediate in color between R. c. giguntea and R. c. 

 gouedi. The largest Philippine form ; head, buff; under parts, ochra- 

 ceous-buff. 



Measurements of tgpe (adult male). — ^Wing, 157 mm.; tail, 96; 

 exposed culmen, 80; tarsus, 17. 



Geographical range. — Southeastern Luzon, Masbate, and others of 

 the middle islands of the Philijopines, where the ranges of R. c. 

 gigantea and R. c. gouldi approach each other. There are several 

 specimens of this form in the Menage collection, gathered by Messrs. 

 Worcester and Bourns, now in the Bishop Museum at Honolulu. 

 Named in honor of Dr. Hugh M. Smith, Deputy Commissioner of 

 Fisheries and director of the Albatross Philippine expedition. 



ALCEDO BENGALENSIS Gmelin. 



Cat. No. 211383, female adult. Pansipit River, Luzon, December 25, 1907. 

 Cat. No. 211384, male adult. Taal Volcano, Luzon, December 27, 1907. 

 Cat. No. 211385, female immature. Taal Volcano, Luzon, December 27, 



1907. 

 Cat. No. 211386, female adult. Moutalbou, Luzon, January 1, 1908. 



