INHABITING THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO. 243 
ANSERIN &. 
Nerrapus, Brandt. 
204, NETTAPUS COROMANDELIANUS. 
La Sarcelle de Coromandel, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois. ix. p. 274, “Céte de Coromandel ;” D’Aubent. 
Pl. Enl. 549, 550. 
Anas coromandeliana, Gm. 8. N. i. p. 522, no, 90 (1788), ex Buffon; v. Pelzeln, Reise ‘Novara,’ 
Vogel, p. 136. 
Hab. Luzon (Laguna de Bai), June 20th (Zelebor). 
PROCELLARIID. 
PROCELLARIINA. 
Purrinus, Brisson. 
205. PUFFINUS LEUCOMELAS. 
Procellaria leucomelas, Temm. PI. Col. 587, “Japan” (1836); Temm. & Schlegel, Faun. Japonica, 
Aves, p. 131, pl. 85; G. R. Gray, List. Br. Mus. Anseres, p. 160, “Cataguan” (1844). 
Hab. Cataguan (Cuming). 
LARID#. 
LARIN A. 
Larus, Linneus. 
206. Larus, sp. 
“ Larus ridibundus, Linn.,” v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 30, no. 184. 
Dr. y. Martens (/. c.) mentions having observed the Laughing Gull, during the month 
of May, common on the Passig river; and one or more examples, obtained at Manilla 
by Jagor, are stated to be preserved in the Berlin Museum. The species occurs rarely 
as a winter visitant in South China (Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 421); and the above 
identification requires confirmation. 
A species of Lestris (L. hardyi, Bp. Compt. Rend. xlii. p. 770, 1856) has the Philip- 
pines among other localities assigned to it in the Hand-list, no. 10939. Its right to 
rank as a distinct species is denied by Professor Schlegel (cf. Bp. op. cit. xliii. 
p- 644); and its sole claim to be included within the Philippine range rests on the fact 
of an example, contained in the Berlin Museum, having been captured in mid ocean 
between the Sandwich and Philippine Islands. In the Leyden Museum, at the time 
