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size. The male type measures — total length 4*3 inches, wing 

 6-6, tail 1-2. 



[Iris dark brown ; bill black ; legs bare ; feet dull lead- 

 grey. — J. W.] 



59. CoLLocALiA TROGLODYTES, G. R. Gray; Hartert, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xvi. p. 507 (1892) ; Bourns & Worcester, Occ. 

 Pap. Minnesota Acad. Sci. i. no. 1, p. 35 (1894). 



There is a single male of the White-rumped Swiftlet from 

 Leite. This is the first record of its occurrence in that island, 

 though it is known to occur in Luzon, Mindoro, Marinduque, 

 Sibuyan, Romblon, Masbate, Samar, Mindanao, Siquijor, 

 Cebu, Negros, Guimaras, Panay, and Palawan. 



60. EuRYSTOMus ORiENTALis (Liuu.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 555. 



The Broad-billed Roller is represented in both collections. 



61. Merops bicolor, Bodd. ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. 261. 

 There is an example of this Bee-eater from Samar. 



62. Ceyx samarensis, Steere, List Birds & Mamm. Phi- 

 lippines, p. 10 (1890). 



Ceyx nielanura, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 180 

 (1892) [part.]. 



In spite of what has been said to the contrary, I consider 

 that the Samar Three-toed Kingfisher is distinct from C. me- 

 lanura from Luzon. Not only are the measurements of the 

 wing and bill in the Samar bird considerably longer, but the 

 spots on the wing-coverts are much larger and of a more 

 intense blue. Dr. Sharpe, /. c, considers that C. platense is 

 also synonymous with C. nielanura ; but the wing- coverts are 

 very differently coloured, as Dr. Blasius states in his descrip- 

 tion. C. platense is no doubt synonymous with C. niinda- 

 nensis and C. basilanica, Steere. The name C platense 

 appears in the April part of the J. f. O. for 1890, while 

 Steere^s names, published in his 'List of the Birds & Mammals 

 of the Philippines,' bear the date of " 14th July, 1890." It 

 seems, however, pretty certain that Heft ii. of the J. f. O., 

 1890, though bearing the date of April on the cover, was not 



