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PHASIANID^ 



Gallus gallus (Linnaeus). 



Jungle fowls were not rare in the forest but were more often 

 heard than seen. One of the earliest sounds of the morning, 

 before the rest of the forest seemed fully awake, was the crow- 

 ing of the wild roosters back in the jungle. A flock of these 

 birds, composed of a cock and six hens, remained in a certain 

 part of the woods near the beach trail about two kilometers below 

 Brooke's Point and was frequently encountered at that place. 

 Other records are from Bonabona, Candauaga, Puerto Princesa, 

 and Balabac. 



TURNICID^ 



Tumix fasciata (Temminck). 



This button quail was often flushed from the grass, rather 

 abundantly on the open plains near Brooke's Point and Bona- 

 bona. It frequently lay close when discovered or sk;ulked 

 silently through the grass and was by no means easy to see 

 unless it took wing. Localities for this species are Brooke's 

 Point, Sarong, Candauaga, Tagbariri, Bonabona, and Balabac. 

 One specimen was taken at Tagbariri. 



TRERONID^ 



Treron nipalensis (Hodgson). 



Thick-billed green pigeons were abundant in the neighbor- 

 hood of the fruit trees in the forest. While moving about 

 through the foliage they were easy to locate, but when alaraied 

 they would stop and sit motionless, whereupon they seemingly 

 melted into their leafy surroundings. I frequently collected 

 other sorts of birds from various trees favored by the present 

 species and often, at the report of the gun, saw the branches 

 disgorge a score of these pigeons of whose presence I was entirely 

 unaware until the sudden uproar and the charge of shot tearing 

 through the foliage drove the hidden occupants from their re- 

 treat. Although most often assembling in flocks, these pigeons 

 not infrequently went about in pairs, more rarely alone, and it 

 is possible that the flocks at this time consisted of a number 

 of pairs. My records are from Brooke's Point, Sarong, Dandelit, 

 Candauaga, Bonabona, Calatugas, Tagbariri, and Balabac. 

 Specimens were taken at Brooke's Point. 



Osmotreron vemans (Linnaeus). 



Pink-necked green pigeons were abundant in the trees about 

 the open and not uncommon at the edge of the forest. The 



