713. cinereogenys Bourns and Worcester 714. assimilis Tweeddale 715. xanthonotus Horsfield Family Dicruridæ Genus Dicrurus Vieillot 716. balicassius (Linnæus) 717. striatus Tweeddale 718. suluensis Hartert 719. mirabilis Walden and Layard Genus Chibia Hodgson 720. palawanensis (Tweeddale) 721. cuyensis McGregor 722. worcesteri McGregor 723. borneensis Sharpe 724. menagei Bourns and Worcester Genus Bhuchanga Hodgson 725. palawanensis Whitehead Family Sturnidæ Subfamily Sturninæ Genus Sturnia Lesson 726. sinensis (Gmelin) 727. philippensis (Forster) Genus Spodiopsar Sharpe 728. sericeus (Gmelin) 729. cineraceus (Temminck) Genus Lamprocorax Bonaparte 730. panayensis (Scopoli) 731. todayensis Mearns Genus Ætheopsar Sharpe 732. cristatellus (Linnæus) Genus Sarcops Walden 733. calvus (Linnæus) 734. melanonotus Grant Genus Goodfellowia Hartert 735. miranda Hartert Genus Eulabes Cuvier 736. palawanensis Sharpe Family Corvidæ Genus Corone Kaup 737. philippina (Bonaparte) Genus Corvus Linnæus 738. pusillus Tweeddale 739. samarensis Steere Additions and corrections PREFACE. During several years spent in collecting zoölogical specimens in the Philippine Islands the author has constantly experienced the need of a book containing descriptions of the Philippine birds. That others have felt the same want is evident from the many requests for literature received. Lists of Philippine birds [1] have been published from time to time but they contain no descriptions and are of use to those only who have a considerable library at hand. The Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum contains descriptions of most of the known species of birds and these include very many of the Philippine species but the bulk of its 27 volumes would preclude the use of this work in the field even if its rarity and cost were not prohibitory. Thus there is an almost total lack of adequate means for identifying Philippine birds which has been a serious check to activity and interest in ornithological work throughout the Islands. To meet this need and to place descriptions of the birds inhabiting the Philippines in a convenient form for the use of local naturalists the present work has been prepared. Technical terms and references to internal structure have been avoided as far as possible although this method weakens, to some extent, the keys and diagnoses of the higher groups. The diagnoses of orders, families, and genera being drawn from Philippine species may or may not define these groups as represented outside of the Archipelago.