INHABITING THE PHILIPPINE AECHIPELAGO. 243 



Anserine. 



Nettapus, Brandt. 

 204, Nettapus coromandelianus. 



La Sarcelle de Coromandel, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois. ix. p. 274, "Cote de Coromandel ;" D'Aubent. 



PL EnL 549, 550. 

 Anas coromandeliana, Gm. S. N. i. p. 522, no. 90 (1788), ex Buffon; v. Pelzeln, Reise 'Novara,' 



Vogel, p. 136. 



Hah. Luzon (Laguna de Bai), June 20th (Zelebor). 



PROCELLARIIDiE. 



Pkocellariin^. 



PuPFiNUS, Brisson. 



205. PUFFINUS leucomelas. 



Procellaria leucomelas, Temm. PL CoL 587, "Japan" (1836); Temm. & ScMegel, Faun. Japonica, 

 Aves, p. 131, pi. 85; G. R. Gray, List. Br. Mns. Anseres, p. 160, "Cataguan" (184,4). 



Hah. Cataguan (Cuming). 



LARID^. 



Larin^. 



Larus, Linnseus. 



206. Larus, sp. 



"Larus ridibundus, Linn.," v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 30, no. 184. 



Dr. V. Martens (I. 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 oi 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. o]}. 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 Philippiae Islands. In the Leyden Museum, at the time 



