34 Mr. A. H. Everett on the 



moult into the spring plumage, as pointed out to me by 

 Dr. Sharpe. These Wagtails, with M. melanoin, frequently 

 associate with the flocks of migratory waders on grassy 

 spaces and muddy flats bordering the beach, running about 

 among a mixed crowd o£ jEgialitis geoffroyi, ^. duhia, 

 Strepsilas interpres, &c., and hunting for food among them 

 with perfect unconcern. I have also observed them frequent 

 coral-reefs when laid bare at ebb-tide. 



MOTACILLA MELANOPE, PallaS. 



Far less abundant than M. flava and not occurring in 

 flocks, as the latter so often does. This migrant is not re- 

 corded in Mr. Whitehead's list. 



MoTACiLLA OCULARIS, Swinhoc. 



Not uncommon, but decidedly scarcer than the preceding 

 species. New to Palawan. 



Anthus rufulus, Vieill. 



A single specimen obtained. New to Palawan. 



Anthus cervinus, Naum. 



New to Palawan, 



Hyloterpe whiteheadi, Sharpe. 



This species appears to affect the hill-country rather than 

 the lowlands. Dr. Sharpe (Ibis, 1893, p. 551) has recorded 

 it in his " Bornean Notes " as among the birds collected by 

 me on Mt. Penrisen in Sarawak. This lapsus calami is 

 patent, the Penrisen bird being, of course, H. hijpoxantha, 

 between which and H. whiteheadi there is only generic re- 

 semblance. 



Artamides sumatrensis (S. Miill.). 



These birds appeared to me to be much more common in 

 Palawan than in N.W. Borneo, and I think that their habits 

 are somewhat diff'erent. In Borneo they afPect the lofty 

 virgin forests and seem to keep pretty much to the crowns 

 of the higher trees ; but in Palawan they haunt chiefly the 

 lower trees, and I have seen them not only among the scrub 

 skirting the beach and among the mangroves, but even on 

 the sands at the edge of the jungle. They fly strongly, but 



