PHILIPPINE ORNITHOLOGICAL LLrERATURE, UL 



By RiCHABD C. McGregok. 



{From the Ornithological Section, Biological Laboratory, Bureau of Science, 

 Manila, P. I.) 



Bourns, F. S. and Worcester, D. C. : Preliminary notes on the birds and 

 mammals collected by the Menage scientific expedition to the Phil- 

 ippine Islands. Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1884), 1, 

 No. 1, 1-64. 



A very interesting paper containing descriptions of 36 new species of birds ; 

 new localities for 226 species previously known from the Islands ; two species, 

 Caprimulgus jotaka and Prionochihts modestus, recorded from the Philippines 

 for the first time; and additional descriptions and notes concerning some 

 40 previously little known species. The new species described are: Ninox 

 spilonotus, Phabotreron dnereiceps, P. brunneiceps, P. maculipectus, P. fron- 

 talis, Phlogwnas menagei, Batrachostomus menagei, Geyx nigrirostris, Cen- 

 tropus steerii, lyngipicus menagei, CMbia menagei, Oriohis cinereogenys, 0. 

 nigrostriatus, Mthopyga arolasi, M. bonita, /B. minuta, DiocBuiiv pallidior, 

 D. sibuyanica, D. intermedia, D. assimilis, Prionochilus ceruginosus, P. bicolor, 

 Zosterops siquijorensis, Hyloterpe winchelli, H. major, H. mindorensis, Cryp- 

 toloplia flavigularis, Geooichla cinerea, Gittocincla super ciliaris, Ptilocichla 

 minuta, lole dnereiceps, I. monticola, Muscicapula samarensis, Rhipidura 

 saiili, Rhinomyias albigularis, and R. occularis. 



Bourns, F, S. : A list of the birds Imowh to inliabit the Philippine and 

 Palawan Islands, showing their distribution within the limits of the 

 two groups. See under Worcester and Bourns. 



Clarke, W. E. ; On some birds from the Island of Negros, Philippines. 

 Ibis. (1894), VI, 6, 5.33-535. 



A list of 25 species of which Ghcetura celebensis is recorded from the 

 Philippines for the first time and Ginnyris giiimarasensis, Pelargopsis gigan- 

 tea, Thriponax hargitti, Spilornis holospiliis, and Gallicrex cinerea are re- 

 corded as new to Negros. 



Clarke, W. E. : On some birds from the. Island of Negi'os, Philippines. 

 (Second contribution). Ihis (1895), VII, 1, 472-479. 



Notes on 12 species; Falco atriceps is recorded as new to the Philippines. 

 Clarke, W. E. : On some birds from the Island of Negros, Philippines. 

 Part III. Ibis (1898), VII, 4, 119-124. 



Notes on 41 species, of which 6 are recorded as new to Negros, viz: 

 Hirundo gittturalis, Gaprimulgus mamllensis, MioroMerax erythrogenys, Por- 

 zana fusca', Amaurornis oKvacea, and Qallimila ohloropus. 



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