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in treating them as two subspecies of a single species. They 

 will, in future^ have to stand as Scolopax saturata saturata 

 Horsf. and Scolopax saturata rosenhergi Schleg. 



Dr. Ernst Haetert described a new Shortwing as 

 follows : — 



Brachypteryx poliogyna mindorensis, subsp. n. 



(J . Colour exactly as in B. p. poliogyna^ but smaller ; 

 wing 63-66 mm. (as against 69-71 in the Luzon form)^ tail 

 45-417 (against 51 in the latter), ? . Forehead, crown, nape, 

 and cheeks more rufous, throat brighter ferruginous than 

 in B. p. poliogyna, the blue of the back slightly paler, tail 46 

 (against 48-49 mm. in B. p. poliogyna) . 



Hab. Mountains of Mindoro, Philippine Islands. 



Type. ? . Mt. Dulangan, 4500 feet, Mindoro, 25. 1. 1896. 

 Collected by John Whitehead. (In the Tring Museum.) 



Obs. In the 'Ibis/ 1896, p. 467, Mr. Ogilvie-Grant has 

 already noticed the differences of the female, but he attributes 

 them to immaturity, a conclusion which cannot be upheld. 

 It is, of course, quite right, as Mr. Ogilvie-Grant said, that 

 the female has some of the wing-coverts edged with rust- 

 colour, and this may be due to immaturity, but the rest of 

 the plumage appears to be perfectly mature, and there is no 

 reason to suppose that the uniform more rufous colour of 

 the head or the lighter back is due to immaturity, as it 

 does not appear in the form of edges or spots, nor can the 

 smaller size, especially of the males, which was not mentioned 

 by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, be due to immaturity. Moreover, 

 every island of the Philippines from which a Brachypteryx 

 is known has a specialized form, and the same must be 

 expected on Mindoro, which has so many species and sub- 

 species of its own. 



The following Shortwings are now known on the 

 Philippines : — 



Brachypteryx poliogyna poliogyna Ogilvie-Grant. 

 Highlands of Luzon. 



