The Philippine Journal of Science 



1918 



that he had been unable to identify. Upon calling at his house, 

 I was surprised to find that Mrs. Schneider had a specimen of 

 Leucotreron Tnerrilli. This bird was secured at Albay, Luzon, 

 where cage birds of this species are sold to people on passing 

 steamers. The birds are doubtless snared in the vicinity of 

 Albay. Mrs. Schneider kindly allowed us to photograph this 

 bird and to make c'olor notes of the unfeathered areas, which 

 were used by the artist in the colored drawing (Plate I) that is 

 reproduced with this paper. 



This species and the closely related Ptilopus marchei seem to 

 form a distinct section, or subgenus, of Leucotreron, distin- 

 guished especially by the decomposed and lengthened barbs on 

 the secondaries. I propose that this subgenus be called Neoleu- 

 cotreron, with Leucotreron merrilli McGregor as its type. 



Table I. — Measurements of Leucotreron merrilli. 



'Borean 

 . of 

 Science 

 No. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Sex. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Ex- 

 posed 



cul- 

 men. 



Tarsus. 



Middle 



toe 



with 



claw. 



1 



■ 



«7633 



763B 



7634 



7648 



: 7172 



Paete, Lagruna : 



June 12, 1915 



June 14, 1915 



... .do. 



9 

 9 

 9 



mm. 

 165 

 161 

 166 

 161 

 161 



mm, 

 125 

 130 

 115 

 120 

 119 



mm. 

 15 

 18 

 17 

 14 

 17 



mm. 

 28 

 21 

 23 

 21 

 24 



Tnm. 

 89 

 38 

 37 

 87 

 36 



do 



do 



. .. do 



June 27. 1915 

 Oct. 19,1909 



Polillo Island 





■ Type Bpecimen. 



Hydrochelidon leucoptera Temminck. 



A small, immature female tern from Palawan has been identi- 

 fied by Dr. C. W. Richmond as Hydrochelidon leucoptera. This 

 specimen (No. 7248) was collected on September 19, 1910, in 

 Ulugan Bay, south of Malampaya Sound, on the west coast of 

 Palawan Island. Although this species has a very wide range 

 both north and south, the only previous Philippine records refer 

 to Mindanao. 



From time to time I have recorded several species of terns 

 from the Philippine Islands, the specimens of which I had identi- 

 aed by means of descriptions only. As many of these records 

 as well as those of several species of other water birds are 

 mportant, I have sent the specimens to Washington, D. C, for 

 verification of my identifications. Dr. Charles W. Richmond, 

 assistant curator of birds, United States National Museum, has 

 Idndly given me his opinion as to the correct names of these 



