212 :\Ir. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



matter for congratulation that he is now rapidly regaining 

 his strength. 



1. AsTURTRiviRGATUs (Tcmm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 i. p. 105 (1874) ; Steere, List of Birds & Mamni. Philippines, 

 p. 7 (1890) ; Bourns & Worcester, Occ. Pap. Minnesota 

 Acad. Sci. i. no. 1, p. 32 (1894). 



The Crested Goshawk is evidently rather a rare bird in the 

 Philippines, as this is the first time specimens have been 

 received from Mr. Whitehead. Two males were obtained in 

 Samar, both belonging to the smaller race met with in 

 Southern India, Ceylon, and Sumatra, It was from the 

 last island that Temminck described his Falco trivirgatus. 



2. AcciPiTER MANiLLENsis, Meycu ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 438; 1896, pp. 108, 109. 



A beautiful little male of the Manila Sparrow-Hawk was 

 obtained in Leite. It differs somewhat from the most adult 

 males in the British Museum series, and is evidently a very 

 old bird. The entire chest and breast are uniform dull light 

 red, only a few hidden feathers showing traces of the dark 

 transverse bands characteristic of younger examples ; the 

 dark shaft-stripes, which usually form a well-marked band 

 down the middle of the throat, are much reduced in width, 

 as in males of Accipiter gularis. It is clear, however, that 

 the Leite bird does not belong to the latter species ; the 

 shape of the wing, with the fourth primary quill only slightly 

 longer than the fifth, the small dimensions, and the colour 

 of the chest and breast being all characteristic of A. maniL- 

 lensis. W^ing (in moult) 5'9 inches, tail 4-2, tarsus 1-95. 



3. Spilornis holospilus (Vigors) ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 527. 



Two fully adult females of this Serpent-Eagle have the 

 plumage of the underparts of a deep rich chestnut, and bear 

 out the remarks already made when writing of S. panayensis, 

 Steere, from Negros. 



[This Serpent-Eagle is a common bird in the Philippines, 

 and frequents the borders of forests. It is easily approached 

 when sitting gorged on the end of a branch. — J. W.] 



