REPORT ON THE BIRDS— PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 



" On the 30th January a party landed, early in the morning, on the island of 

 Malanvpa, Basilan Straits, near Samboangan, and returned to the ship at 2 p.m. The 

 following birds were shot : — 



[Eudynamis mindanensis. 



Myr ist ic Ivor a b icolo r. 

 Hi i Hast 'i ir inte rmedius. 

 Tanygnath us lucionensis. 

 Pela i yojJsis giga i i tea. 



Nvmenius phceopus. 

 Nectaroph ila julice. 

 Totanus incanus. 

 Hypothymis azurea.~\ 



" On the 1st February 1875 a party of four officers and three men left the ship, with 

 tent, &c., and went up to the high land beyond Samboangan. The tent was pitched in a 

 valley called Pasananca, at a distance from Samboangan of some seven miles. 



" The cliffs on either side of the valley were composed of a volcanic conglomerate, and 

 the rocks in the bed of the stream were fragments of this conglomerate and of greenstone. 



" The sides and centre of the valley were covered with luxuriant vegetation — palms, 

 creepers, ferns, and fine large timber. 



" The tent and baggage had to be transported on horseback. The party remained at 

 the spot the 2d, 3d, and 4th, and returned to the ship on the 5th, at about mid-day. 

 The following birds were obtained by the party, and were skinned by Pearcey at the 

 tent : — 



\_Buceros mindanensis. 

 Broderipus acrorhynch us. 

 Merops ph ilippin us. 



,, bicolov. 

 Entomobia gularis. 

 Pelargopsis gigantea. 

 Dicrurus striatus. 

 Hypsipe t is r i ijig 1 1 laris. 

 Ixiis goiavier. 

 Phabotreron brevirostris. 

 Batrachostomiis septimus. 



Harpactes ardens, 

 Erythropitta erythrogastra. 

 Clirysoeolaptes lucidus. 

 Prioniturus discurus. 

 Calobates melanope. 

 Dicceum rnindanense. 

 Haliast ur intermedins. 

 Tringoides hypoleucos. 

 Eurystomus orientalis. 

 Rhynclma capensis. 

 Gallinago stenum.~\ ' 



Thus it will be seen that twelve species were obtained in Panay, two in Luzon, nine 

 m Zebu, five in Caniiguin, nine in Malanipa, and twenty-four in Mindanao. 



Mr Murray's field-notes will be found added under the head of each species, included 

 in brackets, together with the collection-numbers. 



The ornithological results of the Challenger's short stay in the Philippine Archipelago 

 may be summarised as follows : — 



