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The Philippine Journal of Science 



1918 



^gialitis alexandrina (Linnseus). 



At Bondog Point, Tayabas Province, on October 20, 1914, I 

 collected a female Kentish plover, which is, so far as I know, 

 the first one taken on Luzon. (No. 1115.) 



Totanus eurhinus (Oberholser) . 



I have a female redshank, which I took on the Las Pinas salt 

 beds, near Manila, on August 30, 1914. It was quite alone when 

 taken. This is the first Luzon record for this bird. (No. 1052.) 



Ardea cinerea Linnseus. 



On October 19, 1914, I secured a female of this interesting 

 heron at Bondog Point, Tayabas Province. The only other 

 published records for Luzon are those by McGregor.^ The 

 species is rare throughout the Archipelago. (No. 1112.) 



Ceyx melanura Kaup. 



I found this little gem of the kingfisher family to be rather 

 rare. My only specimen is a male, taken on October 4, 1914, 

 at a few hundred feet elevation on Mount Maquiling, Laguna 

 Province, Luzon. (No. 1086.) 



Hemiprocne major (Hartert). 



In the Additions and Corrections to his Manual of Philippine 

 Birds, McGregor places the whiskered swifts from Mindanao, 

 Samar, Sibutu, and Sulu in the species comata (Temminck). 

 While not questioning the occurrence of comata on Mindanao, 

 I am of the opinion that not all of the Mindanao birds belong 

 to that form. This conclusion is reached on the basis of a pair 

 of these swifts that I obtained on Mount Larugan, Bukidnon 

 Province, which are larger than some of my Luzon specimens. 

 The following comparison of wing measurements will illustrate : 



Table I. — Measurements of Hemiprocne from, Mindanao and from Luzon. 



No. 



1242 

 1241 

 1268 

 1310 

 1298 

 1297 



Sex. 



$ 

 9 

 9 



Locality. 



Bukidnon Province, Mindanao 



do 



Antipolo, Rizal Province. Luzon 



Mount Banahao. Laguna Province, Luzon _. 

 Mount Maquiling, Laguna Province, Luzon. 

 do 



Date. 



May 19, 1915 



do 



Aug. 15, 1915 

 Nov. 22, 1915 

 Oct. 10, 1915 

 do- 



Wing. 



mm. 

 137 

 135 

 132 

 136 

 138 

 138 



^Manual of Philippine Birds. Bureau of Science, Manila (1909), 163, 

 and This Journal, Sec. D (1916), 11, 273. 



