156 Mr. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay on Birds 
A female Falcon, not quite adult, is identified by Mr. J. H. 
Gurney as belonging to this species. The doubt expressed 
by the late Lord Tweeddale, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 139 (Memoirs, 
p. 306), as to the occurrence of this species in the Philip¬ 
pines is thus removed. With reference to this specimen and 
another, said to have come from the same islands, in the 
Norwich Museum, Mr. Gurney writes in epist. as follows :— 
“ Both these Philippine Falcons are in the very charac¬ 
teristic plumage of the immature F. melanogenys; but it 
would be interesting to obtain, if possible, a fully adult 
Philippine-Islands example. These two are a little longer 
in the wing than Australian specimens; the largest Aus¬ 
tralian female of which I have a note has a wing-measurement 
of 13*50 inches, the Norwich example has it 13*70 inches, and 
yours 13*90 inches, whilst that of the female of F. peregrinus 
ranges from 14*10 to 14*75 inches.” 
2. Limnaetus philippinensis (19)*. 
Limnaetus philippensis, Gld., Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 281 
(p. 587). 
Three specimens have been sent. 
3. Lophotriorchis kieneri. 
A young bird from Manilla is thus identified by Mr. J. 
H. Gurney. 
4. Ninox philippinensis (29). 
5. Ninox lugubris (31). 
Obtained in S. Mindanao by Mr. A. H. Everett. One 
specimen now sent from Manilla. 
6. PsEUDOPTYNX PHILIPPINENSIS (32).. 
7. Ceyx cyanopectus (54 & 60). 
8. Ceyx melanura (58). 
Both seem very common at Manilla. 
* The numbers in brackets following the title are those of my revised 
list of Philippine Birds, App. Tweedd. Orn. Mem., and those following 
the references to Lord Tweeddale’s writings indicate the page on which 
they will be found in the Memoirs. 
