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Prioniturus discurus (Vieill.). 

 Abundant; feeding on bananas. 



Tanygnathus lucionensis (Linn.). 

 Abundant. 



Loriculus apicalis Souance. 

 Fairly abundant. 



Batrachostomus Septimus Tweed. 



A pair of frog-mouths taken March 1 are in perfect rufous plumage. These 

 specimens agree fairly well with the description of the above species. 



Eurystomus orientalis (Linn.). 



The oriental roller was seen in its usual numbers. 



Pelargopsis gigantea Walden. 

 A female taken December 20. 



Alcedo bengalensis Briss. 

 Abundant. 



Ceyx mindanensis Steere. 



A number of specimens of this species taken in February and March. 



Ceyx bournsi Steere. 



Several specimens taken. 



Halcyon winchelli Sharpe. 

 Fairly abundant. 



Halcyon chloris (Bodd.). 

 Abundant. 



Hydrocorax mindanensis (Tweed.). 

 Several specimens secured. 



Penelopides basilanica Steere. 

 Abundant. 



Merops philippinus Linn. 

 Two males collected. 



Lyncornis macrotis (Vig.). 



A male from Basil an can be almost exactly matched by birds from Luzon 

 and Mindoro. This species seems to be somewhat dichromatic and in the series 

 of fifteen specimens before me the dark, brown-headed form is the commoner. 

 The variation from this is most strongly marked in a female from Lamao, 

 Bataan Province, Luzon, collected January 3, 1905. The forehead and top of 

 head are light rusty-fulvous with fine, blackish vermiculations and the black 

 spots on vertex are much reduced in size; the jaws, sides of face, ear-coverts 

 and supercilia are rufous with black cross-lines ; in the commoner type these 

 parts are black with narrow rufous cross-lines. The same general condition 

 extends to the wings and coverts, namely an increase of rufous at the expense 

 of the black. The light areas of the scapulars which are normally white or 

 nearly white, are fulvous in the rufous phase. The light tail-bars are more 

 pronounced and are nearly entire across the webs, instead of being greatly broken. 

 The under surface of the body is similar to that of the normal type except the 

 fore-breast which is more strongly vermieulated with rufous. 



Macropteryx major Hartert. 

 Two specimens secured. 



