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NOTES ON THE SPECIES OBSERVED. 



Gallus gailus (Linn.) . 



The jungle fowl is rare in Cebu ; it was seen in the vicinity of Toledo where a 

 few indivduals were killed and a very young chick was caught in November. 



Osmotreron axillaris (Bp.). 

 Rare; only one obtained. 



Osmotreron vernans (Linn.). 

 Hare; only one killed. 



Phapitreron nigrorum Sharpe. 



Rare; one specimen from forest near Toledo. 



Leucotreron occipitalis Bp. 



An adult male from vicinity of Toledo. 



Muscadivora asnea (Linn.). 



Feeding in very tall trees near Toledo, making its capture next to impossible. 

 One or two examples killed. 



Streptopelia dussumieri (Temm.). 



Not common; a female killed November 25 had a hard shelled egg in the 

 oviduct. 



Chalcophaps indica (Linn.). 



One day while I was stationed near a fig-tree waiting for Dicceidce, an Indian 

 bronze-winged dove lit on the ground within three feet of me, then discovering me 

 it flew off in great baste. This species does not seem to be common in Cebu. 



Hypotaenidia torquata (Linn.). 

 One specimen from Toledo. 



Amaurornis olivacea (Meyen). 



An adult of this species was snared by a native boy and on October 25 the 

 sanie boy caught a downy young bird probably of the same kind. The legs ap- 

 peared very large and long in proportion to the size of its body. The bill was 

 black, with the tip whitish ; irides and legs dark-brown ; entire plumage coal-black ; 

 nail on wing prominent. No specimen was obtained by us. 



Amaurornis phcenicura (Forster). 



A specimen was taken at Dauao but the species was not observed elsewhere in 

 the island. 



Sterna boreotis (Bangs). 



Not uncommon off shore near Toledo where it was feeding among schools of 

 minute fish. One example killed from the beach on November 12. 



Arenaria interpres (Linn.). 



The turnstone was obtained at Toledo in September and at Minglanilla in 

 November. 



Squatarola helvetica (Linn.). 



Three specimens in winter plumage taken at Minglanilla, November 16 to 23. 



Charadrius fulvus (Gm.). 



The Eastern golden plover was found in small numbers at Minglanilla. Two 

 from Toledo, September 28, retain many black feathers on breast and abdomen. 



Ochthodromus geoffroyi (Wagl. ). 



A'ery common at Minglanilla in November; one taken at Toledo, September 28. 



