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At Jagna the species was abundant in front of the church and several specimens 

 were taken. On our arrival at Guindulman, May 28, an incomplete nest of the 

 mosque swallow was found on a rafter under the town hall. The nest was com- 

 posed of mud with a thick lining of grass stems and bamboo shavings, upon 

 which were arranged a great number Of chicken feathers. Three fresh eggs were 

 taken from this nest June 11; they are slender and rather sharply pointed at the 

 smaller end; their respective measurements in inches are 0.89 by 0.58; 0.88 by 

 0.56; 0.90 by 0.58. 



June 5 a small nesting colony of mosque swallows was found in a wide-mouthed 

 cave near Guindulman. About a dozen nests were plastered against the over- 

 hanging rock wall and 20 feet or so above the floor of the cave, making it a matter 

 of great difficulty to secure the eggs unbroken. The mud nests were lined with 

 grass stems, coconut-tree bark, and other plant fibers, as well as with feathers, 

 among which those of Artamides and the domestic fowl were recognized. Two 

 eggs obtained by means of an improvised bamboo ladder were heavily incubated 

 and measure 0.92 by 0.61 and 0.90 by 0.61, respectively. All of the eggs of Hirundo 

 striolata taken by me were pure white and unspotted. 



Hemichelidon griseisticta (Swinh.).* 



Two specimens from Sevilla, April 3 and 19, respectively. 



Cyornis philippinensis Sharpe.* 

 Abundant. 



Hypothymis occipitalis (Vigors). 



Hypothymis azurea Steere, List Phil. Bds. (1890), 16. 



This pretty blue flycatcher is represented in the collection by two males and 

 a female. 



Hypothymis samarensis Steere.* 



A male and two females from Sevilla. 



Rhinomyias ruficauda (Sharpe).* 



Four specimens collected are immature. Sevilla, March 20, April 9 and 13; 

 Guindulman, June 12. These are in every way similar to adult birds from 

 Basilan (December and January) but lores and side of head are more or less 

 washed with fulvescent brown like the pileum. In the male taken April 9 the 

 greater coverts are tipped with light fulvous which character also seems to be 

 one of immaturity. 



Abrornis olivacea Moseley.* 



One male from Sevilla, March 21; two males, June 2 and 11 and a female, 

 May 30 from Guindulman. The female was nesting. 



Rhipidura nigritorquis Vigors. 



Leucocerca nigritorquis Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 709. 

 The native name for this common flycatcher is " 'ca-la-mang-t!-gon." 



Artamides kochi Kutter.* 



A female from Sevilla, March 23 and a male from Guindulman, June 12. 



Lalage niger (Forster). 



Lalage dominica Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 709. 

 Abundant. 



lole philippensis (Gm.). 



Idle philippinensis Steere, List. Phil. Bds. (1890), 19. 



The Philippine fruit-thrush, which is very abundant in Bohol, is called 

 "tusr-bi-a." 



