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time being spent in searching the flowers for insects. Nor 

 is the resemblance in habits the only point he notes, for he 

 sends me the tongues of two examples in spirits, and, as may 

 be seen from the accompanying figure, the tongue is bifid and 

 largely provided on the sides with cirriform appendages, 

 giving this organ a very brush-like appearance. I am not 

 at present prepared to express an opinion as to the import- 

 ance of this character, though, from the cursory examination 

 I have made of the structure of the tongue in various genera 

 allied to Rhabdornis, I am inclined to believe that some 

 important results may be obtained by a careful examination 

 of this organ which may assist in the better arrangement of 

 the Passeres. 



It is gratifying to observe that my papers in ' The Ibis,' 

 based on the results of Mr. Whitehead''s former collections, 

 have at last had the effect of inducing our American friends, 

 Messrs. F. S. Bourns and D. C. Worcester, two of the natural- 

 ists who accompanied the second Steere expedition to the 

 Philippines, to publish the long-expected paper descriptive 

 of the results of their collecting trip. This " Occasional 

 Paper " forms the first in the first volume of a new scientific 

 publication issued by the Minnesota Academy of Natural 

 Sciences. Here we find no fewer than 36 new species 

 described, a list of known species with localities not 

 previously recorded, and additional notes on previously 

 described birds. 



Spilornis HOLOSPiLus (Vig.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, pp. 407, 

 503. 



Specimens were obtained both in the district of Albay 

 and at Catanduanes. 



Haliastur intermedius, Gurney ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 407. 



An adult female was shot at Catanduanes. 



Pernis ptilonorhynchus (Temm.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 503 ; 1895, p. 108. 



Another immature female from Albay. 



