II. NOTES ON THREE RARE LUZON BIRDS. 



By RICHARD C. MCGREGOR. 



Antigone sharpei Blanf . 



Antigone sharpei MCGREGOR, Bull. Philippine Mus., No. 4, p. 11 (Aparri 

 and Candaba Swamp, Luzon ) . 



Although this species has been recorded from Luzon, the record 

 was based upon a mounted specimen and a bird in confinement. 

 Therefore it is not superfluous to note that Mr. Worcester observed 

 five individuals of the species in the Cagayan Valley, northern 

 Luzon, in January, 1905. 



Botaurus stellaris (Linn.). 



Botaurus stellaris SHARPS, Cat. Bds., XXVI, p. 253: Hand-list I, p. 204 

 (Temperate Palaearctic Region, N. W. India, Burma). 



A specimen of the bittern has been added to the Laboratories 

 collection through the kindness of Major Babbitt, who killed the 

 bird at Laguna, on the Laguna de Bay, Luzon, March 12, 1905. 

 The specimen was received in the flesh during my absence from 

 Manila and the sex was not determined. I believe this species has 

 not previously been recorded from the Philippines. 



Zosterornis nigrocapitatns (Steere). 



Mixornis nigrocapitatus STEERE, List Bds. and Mams. Steere Exp., p. 17 

 (Samar, Leyte). 



Zosterornis nigrocapitatus GRANT, Ibis, 1897, pp. 232 and 234; Sharpe, 

 Hand-list, IV, p. 51. 



A single male specimen of a Zosterornis from Bataan Province, 

 Luzon, is provisionally referred to the above species, but there is 

 little doubt that it will be found to represent a distinct one 

 when compared with typical specimens. The specimen was col- 

 lected December 3, 1904, in the forest on the Mariveles Mountains. 

 This makes the fourth species of the genus known from Luzon, 

 Grant having described three (Z. striatus, Z. whiteheadi, and Z. 

 dennistouni) from the collections obtained by Whitehead in the 

 northern part of the Island. 



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