Strait, which connects the Sulu and Celebas Seas. These are Nos. 
200774-6, U.S.National Museum. 
Tanygnathus megalorhynchos (Boddaert). 
Great-hilled Parrot. 
On January 23, and October 8, 1906, this large green parrot 
was found in considerable numbers on Sarangani and Balut Islands 
of the Sarangani group, off northern Mindanao. An adult female 
(No. 200811. U.S.National Museum) was collected on Balut Island, 
January 23, 1906. 
The following are believed to be new to science: 
Phapitreron samarensis, new species. 
Samar Brown Pigeon. 
Type .-No. 161096, U.S.National Museum. Adult female. Collected 
in March, 1888, on the Island of Samar, Philippine Islands, by Dr. 
F. S. Bourns. 
Characters .- Resembling Phapitreron breverostris , but with 
forehead, chin, and throat whiter than in P. abbifrons McGregor. 
From P. breverostris it is readily distinguishable by the white 
forehead, chin, and upper throat, also by the much greater amount 
of coppery amethystine reflections on the crown breast and upper 
back, and by the usual absence absence of green reflections on the 
side of the hind-head beMw the suborbital white stripe; and the 
underparts are much paler. From P. abbifrons it may be at once 
distinguished by the different color of the under parts, which lack 
the olivaceous-gray on the breast, and is more ochraceous on the 
abdomen; and the coppery reflections on the breast of P. samarensis 
and upper back are entirely absent in P. abbifrons. 
