XI, D, 4 McGregor: Philippine Birds, I 275 



Two specimens of Pycnonotus (No. 13206 and 13207), col- 

 lected on Cagayan Sulu Island, July 1, 1911, are so much darker 

 than the species indigenous to Palawan that I was led to com- 

 pare them with the scanty exotic material of this genus at hand, 

 and found that they resemble a male of Pycnonotus plumosus 

 from Trong, Lower Siam — an Abbott specimen which had been 

 received in exchange from the United States National Museum. 

 In order to avoid any error, the three specimens were sent to 

 Washington. They have been returned with the identification 

 confirmed by Dr. C. W. Richmond and Mr. H. C. Oberholser. 

 This is the first record of Pycnonotus plumosus from the 

 Philippine Islands. 



Several of the species known from Cagayan Sulu indicate that 

 its fauna is more strongly Bornean than Philippine. These 

 species are: 



Eudynamys honorata (Linnaeus). Mixornis cagayanerwis Guillemard. 



Chihia borneensis Sharpe. Uroloncha fuscans (Cassin). 



Orthotomiis cineracev-s Blyth. Pycnonotus plumosus Blyth. 



Sporsegintlius amandava (Linnaeus) . 



Fringilla amandava Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10 (1766), 1, 319. 

 Sporxginthus amandava Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus (1890), 13, 320; 

 Hand-list Bds. (1909), 5, 439. 



December 6, 1910, Dr. H. C. Curl collected in Pampanga 

 Province, Luzon, a small ploceid which is very distinct from 

 any of the native species. This is doubtless Sporseginthus 

 amandava. Shortly after this I found a dead specimen in 

 Manila. In October, 1914, when returning from Dagupan, 

 Celestino noted live birds of this species being offered for sale at 

 Bambang. 



I have been told that a shipment of these birds was brought 

 to Manila and that the Collector of Customs refused to let the 

 birds be landed. If this is true, it seems probable that they 

 were permitted to escape and that some reached shore and 

 established themselves. 



As members of the Plociidse are believed to be of considerable 

 economic importance, it is desirable that the supposed approx- 

 imate date of the introduction of the above species be placed on 

 record. 



