﻿302 m'ghegok. 



Limonites ruficollis (Pall.). 



Very abundant on tide fiats at Minglanilla where a number were taken. Sep- 

 tember 20 in the channel between Cebvi and Negros I observed 40 to 50 small 

 sandpipers which were probably of this species. They were in flocks of from 

 three to eight and apparently migrating southward. Small parties often lit near 

 our boat, rested a few moments and continued their flight. 



Limicola platyrhyncha (Temm.). 



A male from Minglanilla, November 23, is in fresh winter plumage; bill and 

 legs black. This sandpiper lias not been previously recorded from Cebu. 



Egretta garzetta (Linn.). 



A male from Minglanilla, November 17. Legs, black, feet and lower part of 

 tarsi, greenish-yellow; bill, black, base of lower mandible, white; irides, yellow; 

 bare skin around eyes pale-yellow. 



A female from Minglanilla, November 28. Irides, pale straw-yellow ; bill, yel- 

 low, mottled with brown; legs, green with patch of black on lower tarsi; skin 

 around eyes, pale green. 



Nycticorax manillensis Vig. 



A specimen of the Manila night heron was taken on the river near Toledo. 



Butorides amurensis (Schrenck). 



If this variety is entitled to recognition on the characters of larger size and 

 coarser and stronger bill, then a specimen taken by us at Toledo, October 29, must 

 be labelled with the above name. 



Bubulcus coromandus (Bodd.). 



A large flock of this common species seen in" a mangrove swamp near Minglanilla 

 where one specimen was taken. 



Accipiter gularis (Temm. & Schl. ). 



A female hawk taken at Toledo. October 27, does not differ from specimens from 

 Calayan which I refer to A. gularis. Length, 11.6 inches; wing, 7.80; tail, 5.80; 

 tarsus, 1.66. Irides, cere, and legs yellow; bill and nails black. Stomach con- 

 tained bits of a large green locust. 



Accipiter manillensis (Meyen). 



A female of this species taken near Danao, July 28, had a nest of small sticks 

 on a horizontal branch of a tall tree. The determined efforts of the parent bird 

 to drive me from the neighborhood indicated that the nest was in use. It was 

 impossible to reach the nest without ropes and other tackle. Total length of fresh 

 specimen, 12.3 inches; wing, 7.10; tail, 5.30; tarsus, 2.12. Bill horn blue; cere 

 waxy green; irides and eyelids chrome yellow; legs greenish yellow; nails blackish. 



Butastur indicus (Gm.). 



Occasionally seen and heard near Toledo; one killed was very fat. 



Haliaetus leucogaster (Gm.). 



A captive of this species was seen in the town of Cebu; individuals were also 

 seen at Toledo. 



Haliastur intermedius Gurney. 



This species is abundant. On November 6 a pair were observed at work on a 

 nest in a tall tree near the river. 



Ninox japonica (Temm. & Schl.). 

 A specimen was taken. 



