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from the Island of Negros. 
the loss of many chickens. Native name ct Banug,” which 
simply means “ Hawk.” 
Elanus hypoleucus Gould; Eagle Clarke, Ibis, 1894, 
p. 534. 
The Black-shouldered Kite is known to the natives as the 
“ Tic'me.” It is not a common bird in Negros, and is usually 
seen singly, flying low over the cane-fields. 
79. Ardea sumatrana Baffles. 
An adult and immature specimen of the Typhon Heron. 
This species is not only new to the avifauna of Negros, 
but the species does not appear to have been hitherto 
recorded for the Philippines as zoologically defined. It has, 
however, occurred in Palawan. 
The Negros specimens were shot on the beach on the 15th 
May, 1889. Mr. Keay tells me that he has often seen them, 
but never more than two or three at a time, and he regards 
them as somewhat rare visitors. This Heron is an eastern 
tropical species, ranging from Borneo to Eastern Australia, 
and Negros seems to be one of the most northern regions 
visited by it. 
80. Demiegretta sacra (Gm.) ; Worcester & Bourns, 
Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xx. p. 553 (1898). 
An adult example in breeding-plumage of the Ashy Egret 
or Eastern Beef-Heron. 
This widely-distributed species has been pretty generally 
recorded for the isles of the archipelago, but has only-recently 
been detected in Negros. 
81. Dupetor (Ardetta) elavicollis (Latham). 
The collection contains an adult male of the Black Heron. 
Although a wide-ranging Oriental species, it has been obtained 
in a few only of the Philippines (Cebu, Luzon, Marinduque, 
Samar, Mindanao), and not hitherto in the island of Negros. 
82. Nannocnus (Ardetta) eurythmus (Swinhoe). 
An adult male of SchrenclCs Little Bittern in the col¬ 
lection enables me to record an interesting extension of the 
range of this eastern species. 
