Vol. XVIII. pp. 83-90 February 21, 1905 



PROCEEDINGS 



OK THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



DESCRIPTIONS OF EIGHT NEW PHILIPPINE BIRDS, 



WITH NOTES ON OTHER SPECIES NEW 



TO THE ISLANDS. 



BY EDGAR A. MEARNS. 



{Major and Surcieon, U. S. Army.) 



It is my intention to prepare, at an early date, a more ex- 

 tended paper on the collection of 1,000 or more specimens of 

 l)irds collected in the military department of Mindanao, Philip- 

 pine Islands, liy myself and other members of the Philippine 

 Scientific Association, during the years 1903 and 1904. At 

 present I am obliged to restrict myself to describing eight new 

 species and adding records of other species new to these islands, 

 hi identifying the specimens thus far collected, comprising 216 

 species, I have received very great assistance from Dr. Charles 

 \\'. Richmond of the Smithsonian Institution, and have also 

 l)een lielped hy Mr. Harry C. Oljerholser, Mr. William Palmer, 

 Mr. J. H. Riley, and Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, to each of whom 

 I express my sincere thanks. 



Turnix suluensis sp. uov. 



SULU BUSTARD-QUAIL or HEMIPODE. 



Type No. l'.tl,4o8, U. S. National Museum. Adult female from Jolo, 

 island of Siilu, P. I., November 25, 1903. Collected by Edgar A. INIearns 

 (original number, 18,141). 



13— Pkoc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. XVIII, 1905. (83) 



