BIRDS FROM THE COAST OF NORTHERN LUZON AND 

 FROM THE ISLANDS OF SABTAN AND DALUPIRL 



By Richard C. McGregor. 



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

 Manila, P. I.) 



In August, 1909, through the courtesy of Dean C. Worcester, Secretary 

 of the Interior, I was enabled to visit Sabtan Island in the Batanes, 

 Dalupiri Island in the Babuyanes, and several localities on the coast of 

 northern Luzon. Although but a short time, usually one hour to one 

 day, was spent in each locality, some interesting birds were secured, and 

 it seems worth while to record the species noted. 



Tagudin, August 14. — Tagudin is situated on the coast, in the south- 

 ern part of Ilocos Sur. A small colony of the starling, JEtheopsar cris- 

 tatellus (Linnaeus), was found established here and the large-nosed 

 shrike, Oephalophoneits nasiitus (Scopoli) was abundant. Three night- 

 Jars, Caprimulgus griseatus Walden, were flushed from among small 

 bushes at 200 meters from the beach. 



Sabtan Island, August 16. — Thorough collections were made on Batan 

 Island in 1907,^ and it is improbable that Sabtan will yield any addi- 

 tional species. The following were seen during a few hours spent in 

 the hills back of San Vicente, Sabtan : Munia jagori Martens, Anthus 

 rufulus Vieillot, Zosterops batanis McGregor, and Micropus pacificus 

 (Latham). 



Dalupiri Island, August 19. — Dalupiri is the one island of the Babu- 

 yanes from which we have had no zoological nor botanical collections. 

 From the sea this island presented a low, even outline with but a slight 

 elevation in the central part, and the vegetation appeared to consist of 

 grass and small shrubs, thus resembling Fuga and contrasting strongly 

 with Calayan and Camiguin. Upon landing and working inland a short 

 distance there was discovered a considerable growth of small trees, but 

 the soil was very thin and scarcely covered the coral-limestone. It is not 

 to be expected that this island sustains so varied or interesting a fauna 

 as does either Calayan or Camiguin. The birds identified on Dalupiri 



^This Journal, Sec. A (1907), 2, 337. 



