1878.] ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THR PHILIPPINES. 



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3. Contributions to the Ornithology of the Philippines.— 

 No. VIII. On some Luzon Birds in the Museum at 

 Darmstadt. By Arthur, Marquis op Tweeddale, 

 F.R.S., President of the Society. 



[Eeceived March 27, 1873.] 



(Plate XXVI.) 



Professor Koch, of Darmstadt, through the obliging interven- 

 tion of Dr. Bruggemann, has kindly sent to me for examination a 

 small number of birds collected in the vicinity of Manilla by Herr v 

 Othberg. Though few in number, some of them belong to species of 

 which the Philippine habitat has not hitherto rested on indisputable 

 evidence, while two of them have not before been known as beino- 

 migrants to the archipelago. 6 



Collocalia fuciphaga. 



Hirundo fuciphaga, Thunb. Act. Holm, xxxiii n 15] t ;„ 

 "Java;" Walden, ' Ibis,' 1874, p. 135. ' ' P " ' ' 



Collocalia linchi, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. E.I C Mus i n inn 

 no 123, "Java." ' P ' U ' 



A single example of a species of the genus Collocalia was sent by H 

 v. Othberg to the Darmstadt Museum, and, I am assured by Dr' 

 Bruggemann, was obtained in Luzon. It is not separable from the 

 Javan species C. linchi, H. & M., i. e. the true H. fuciphaga of 

 Thunberg. No species ot the genus has hitherto been known to 

 inhabit Luzon ; nor has this species been found in any other Philin 

 pine Island. J ** 



Turdus obscurus (92). 



The Philippine habitat of this Thrush has hitherto rested solely on 

 Prince Bonaparte s authority (Coll. Delattre, p. 28). Three examples 

 from the vicinity of Manilla are sent to me by Professor Koch. 



Turdus chrysolaus (93). 



The certainty of this Thrush being an inhabitant of the Philin- 

 pmes turned on the authenticity of a skin in Mr. Gould's collection 

 (e/. Sclater^ 'Ibis' 1863, p. 197). Four examples from Manilla 

 are in the Darmstadt Museum. 



Turdus varius. 



Turdus varius, Pallas, Zoogr. R.-Asiatica, i. p. 449. 



Professor Newton (Hist. Brit. Birds, pt. iv. p. 254)' has remarked 

 that Mr. Gould had received an example of White's Thrush from 

 Manilla While there could be no possible doubt of the strict accu- 

 racy of Professor Newton's determination of the species, I did not 



