351 
On Birds from the Island of Negros. 
Porphyrio smaragdinus Temm.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xxiii. p. 203 (1894). 
No. 31. $ ad. Pangkumu, Mallicollo, May 20, 1899.—Bill 
and shield blood-red on a dirty whitish horn-coloured 
ground ; feet yellowish horn with grey joints. 
Charadrius dominicus P. L. S. Mull.; Sharpe, Hand-1. 
B. i. p. 152 (1899). 
Charadrius fulvus Gm.; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 63. 
No. 115. £ juv. Hoy Head, Espiritu Santo, Sept. 17, 
1899.—Bill and feet fuscous ; iris brown. 
Butorides stagnatilis (Gould); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xxvi. p. 183 (1898). 
Butorides javanica (Horsf.) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 68. 
No. 8. Ad. No. 9. ? juv. Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, May 
12, 1899.—Feet yellowish brown. 
Demiegretta sacra (Gm.) ; Wiglesw. t. c. p. 67 (1891) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. B. i. p. 198 (1899). 
No. 21. Iram. (dark phase). Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, May 
15, 1899. 
No. 22. S a( B (dark phase). Sandwich Bay, Mallicollo, 
May 15, 1899.—Some dark plates in front of tarsi. 
An adult and a young bird, the latter with a small white 
plume or two on the edge of the wing and on the thighs. 
XVIII.— On some Birds from the Island of Negros , Philippines. 
By W. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S.-Part IV.* 
(Plate VIII.) 
Notwithstanding the extremely unsettled state of affairs in 
the Philippine Archipelago, my friend Mr. W. A. Keay 
returned to his sugar-plantation on the east coast of the 
island of Negros in February 1899, and remained there 
* For previous papers on this subject see Ibis, 1894, pp. 531-535 ; 1895, 
pp. 472-479 ; and 1898, pp. 119-124. 
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