322 Count T, Salvudori on the Eighth and Ninth 



Carpopiiaga iENEAj Tick. 



Carpojjhaga cenea, Tick.; Twcedd. t.c. p. G23; Wardlaw 

 Ramsay, t. c. p. 659. 



Observed by Mr. Everett at Puerto Princesa. 



Ptilopus melanocepiialus (Forst.). 



Ptilopus melanocephalus (Forst.) ; Tweedd. t. c. p. 951 ; 

 Wardlaw Ramsay, t. c. p. 659. 



New to Palawan, but known from South Mindanao, Ba- 

 silan, and the Sulu Islands. 



Megapodius cumingi, Dillw. 



Megapodius cumingi, Dillw. ; Tweedd. /. c. p. 624. 



Two specimens. See Lord Tweeddale^'s remarks, /. c. 



i^GIALTTIS PERONI (Tcmm.) . 



jEgialitis peronii (Temm.) ; Tweedd. t. c. p. 344; Wardlaw 

 Ramsay, t. c. p. 659. 



This species was found by Mr. Everett in Leyte and Bohoh 

 Is this the ^gialitis cantianus of Lord Tweeddale (P. Z. S. 

 1878, p. 624) ? 



JjIgialitis geoffroyi, Wagl. 



Eudromias geoffroyi, Tweedd. t. c. pp. 344, 624. 



Found by Mr. Everett at Puerta Princesa. 



XXXV. — Remarks on the Eighth and Ninth Volumes of the 

 ' Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum.' By T. 

 Salvador:, C.M.Z.S, For. Memb. B.O.U. 



The eighth and ninth volumes of the ' Catalogue of the Birds 

 in the British Museum ' have been prepared by Mr. Gadow. 

 It is not my intention to write a complete critical review 

 of them, but only to proffer some remarks especially on 

 those points in which I am concerned, or which are well 

 known to me, as relating mostly to Papuan species. 



The eighth volume contains the Paridse, Laniidae, and 

 Certhiomorphse. 



In the Introduction (p. viii) Mr. Gadow mentions the 

 names of eight " gentlemen, who by the loan of specimens have 



