130 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. voi.. 55. 



The Rocky Islets, or Pulo Mandariki, 12 miles west-northwest of 

 Pulo Wai, comprise two small barren roclry islets, the larger of 

 these rising to a height of 134 feet. Scarcely any vegetation finds a 

 foothold on their inhospitable slopes, and few birds, excepting two 

 species of terns, make their home there. 



Saddle Island, well so-called from its sky line, formed by two hills 

 connected by a lower ridge, is about half a mile long and a quarter 

 of a mile in width. Its highest point is 387 feet above the sea. Like 

 the larger Tambelan Islands, it is covered with forest, and is a much 

 more inviting place for mammal and bird life than is Pulo Man- 

 dariki. 



Dr. W. L. Abbott was apparently the first ornithologist to explore 

 these islands. With Mr. C. Boden Kloss he spent some two weeks 

 here, from August 3 to August 15, 1899. His intinerary is as follows: 



Pulo Selindang. — August 3, 1899, 



Pulo Gilla.— August 4, 1899. 



Pulo Bunoa.— August 5-7, 1899. 



Great Tambelan Island. — August 8-12, 1899. 



Pulo WaL— August 12-14, 1899. 



Pulo Mandarild. — August 14, 1899. 



Saddle Island. — August 15, 1899. 



As one result he collected 53 birds, representing 12 species, which, 

 as usual, he presented to the United States National Museum. 

 These, together with Doctor Abbott's field notes on other birds not 

 collected, and the data published by Mr. Kloss,^ bring the number of 

 avian species now known from these islands collectively up to 22. 

 Following are separate lists of those found on the Tambelan Islands 

 proper, Pulo Mandariki (the Rocky Islets), and Saddle Island. 



Tambelan Islands. 



1. Demigretta sacra sacra (Gmelin). 



2. Pluvialis dominica fulva (Gmelin). 



3. Totanus fotanus eurhinus Oberholser. 



4. Actitis hypoleuca (Linnaeus). 



5. Orthorhamphus 7nagnirostns sconim-ophorus Oberholser.^ 



6. G aloenas nicoharica (Linnaeus). 



7. Chalcophaps indica indica (Linnaeus). 



8. Spilopelia tigrina (Temminck). 



9. Myristlcivora hicolor (Scopoli). 



10. Muscadivores aeneus polius Oberholser. 



11. Dendrophassa vernans adina Oberholser. 



12. Anthracoceros convexus (Temminck). 



13. Sauropatis chloris cyanescens Oberholser. 



iJourn. Straits Branch Roy. Asiatic Soc, No. 41, January, 1904, pp. 60-68. 

 * New subspecies ; see p. 133. 



