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any of the Indo-Malayan Islands, and no doubt the Rev. II. 

 H. Slater has correctly referred the F. melanoyenys, Rickett 

 {cf. Ibis, 1894, p. 223), from Foochow, to this continental 

 form. 



4. NiNox PHiLipPENsis, Bonap. ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, p. 110. 

 Mr. Whitehead's Negros collection contains three adult 



examples of a little Hawk-Owl, and I am in considerable 

 doubt as to whether this form should Qot be separated from 

 typical examples of N. philippensis from Luzon. I have 

 before me at the present time nine examples from Luzon, 

 two from Guimaras, four from Negros, and one from Siquijor. 

 All seven birds from the three last-mentioned islands diflfer 

 very considerably from Luzon specimens. The latter have the 

 chest and breast mostly tawny-brown, shading into pale tawny 

 towards the edges of the feathers, and the belly and flanks 

 whitish, with rather ill-defined brownish-red middles. In 

 Ncffros birds, as well as those from the other central islands 

 already mentioned, the feathers of the chest and breast are 

 chocolate-brown edged with loJiite, and the rest of the under- 

 parts are white, with fairly wide and clearly-defined shaft- 

 stripes of a dark brownish-red colour : — 



The general impression conveyed is, that the Luzon birds 

 have the underparts tawny-brown suffused with white on the 

 belly and flanks, while in birds from the central islands the 

 chest and breast, as well as the rest of the underparts, are 

 white, clearly striped with reddish brown. These birds 

 remind one of small examples of Ninox japonica, though of 

 course the latter has the stripes on the underparts of a much 

 darker colour. It is quite possible that it may be found 

 necessary to separate the birds from Negros, &c., under some 

 distinctive name, but before doing this I should like to have 

 more material from the adjacent islands. 



5. CoRONE PHiLippiNA (Bonap) ; Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 252. 



An adult female of the Philippine Crow was obtained on 

 the 3rd of March. 



