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order to replace the lost collection. This time I was fortunate 

 in discovering the great Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi, one 

 of the most remarkable of all Philippine birds, so I was in 

 some way compensated for the destruction of the first col- 

 lection. On my return to Manila I heard that the rebellion 

 — which was to change the fortune of Spain — had broken 

 out. So, after vainly waiting two months to see whether 

 politics would settle down again, I left for home once more 

 on the 22nd October, 1896. 



II. General Remarks. 



As I visited only a small part of the Philippine Archipelago, 

 I am unable to criticize the conclusions arrived at by 

 Drs. Steere and Worcester, in their division of the Philippines 

 into various groups, but it seems to me that Dr. Worcester's 

 divisions, based on much larger material, are the more 

 acceptable of the two. Most of my time was spent in North 

 Luzon, which island had been practically neglected by 

 ornithological collectors, except perhaps just in the vicinity 

 of Manila. 



Luzon — it is agreed by both the American naturalists — 

 including the islands of Marinduque and Catanduanes, forms 

 a province by itself. Mindoro forms a second province, and 

 Samar and Leite with Bohol a third, while Negros, Panay, 

 and Masbate make a fourth. As no other islands in other 

 provinces were visited by me, it would be outside my work 

 to discuss the other groups into which Drs. Steere and 

 Worcester have divided the Philippines. 



In the first province, Luzon, we find sufficient evidence 

 in the lowlands to divide that island from Mindoro, but 

 when we ascend the mountains we find nearly the entire 

 ornis the same in the two islands, viz. : — 



Muscicapula luzoniensis. Lanius validirostris. 



Cryptolopha nigrorum. Aithopyga flavippctus. 



Stoparola nigy'imentalis. Zosterops aureiloris. 



Brachypteryx poliogyna. Chlorura brunntiventris. 

 Hyloteipe albiventris. 



