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  FBOCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM, 
  vol.xx. 
  

  

  Altlioiigli 
  otlier 
  duties 
  have 
  prevented 
  Doctor 
  Bourns 
  from 
  coopera- 
  

   ting 
  with 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  final 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  list, 
  his 
  past 
  services 
  both 
  at 
  

   home 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  certainly 
  entitle 
  him 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  

   joint 
  authors. 
  

  

  Thinking- 
  it 
  desirable 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  exact 
  bearing 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  done 
  by 
  

   the 
  Menage 
  expedition 
  on 
  that 
  of 
  our 
  predecessors 
  and 
  successors, 
  I 
  

   have 
  indicated 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  table 
  by 
  using 
  stars, 
  while 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  other 
  

   collectors, 
  including 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Steere 
  expedition, 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  crosses. 
  

  

  Species 
  peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  Philipi)ines 
  are 
  italicised. 
  Genera 
  and 
  species 
  

   which 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  Palawan 
  group, 
  but 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   Philippines, 
  are 
  left 
  unnumbered. 
  

  

  An 
  X 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  question 
  mark 
  indicates 
  that 
  I 
  consider 
  the 
  

   identity 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  locality 
  indicated 
  to 
  be 
  

   doubtful. 
  An 
  * 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  question 
  mark 
  indicates 
  that 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  

   genus, 
  and 
  probably 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  designated 
  Avere 
  seen 
  by 
  us, 
  but 
  

   were 
  not 
  obtained, 
  so 
  that 
  their 
  occurrence 
  in 
  the 
  localities 
  in 
  question 
  

   is 
  open 
  to 
  doubt. 
  These 
  doubtful 
  species 
  are 
  omitted 
  in 
  the 
  totals 
  on 
  

   the 
  last 
  ])age. 
  

  

  While 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  my 
  desire 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  list 
  as 
  complete 
  as 
  possible, 
  

   it 
  has 
  seemed 
  to 
  me 
  best 
  to 
  be 
  conservative 
  in 
  the 
  admission 
  of 
  species, 
  

   and 
  none 
  have 
  been 
  intentionally 
  included 
  for 
  which 
  a 
  definite 
  locality, 
  

   and 
  in 
  nearly 
  every 
  instance 
  a 
  definite 
  collector 
  as 
  well, 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  

   assigned. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  needless 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  this 
  list 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Birds. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  made 
  use 
  

   of 
  the 
  material 
  gathered 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Steere 
  in 
  1874, 
  and 
  that 
  obtained 
  by 
  

   the 
  Steere 
  expedition 
  in 
  -1887-88. 
  1 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  Doctor 
  Steere 
  lor 
  

   the 
  loan, 
  on 
  several 
  occasions, 
  of 
  material 
  belonging 
  to 
  him 
  personally. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  made 
  such 
  use 
  of 
  tlie 
  material 
  gathered 
  by 
  Doctor 
  Bourns 
  and 
  

   myself 
  in 
  1890-1803 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  practicable 
  uuder 
  the 
  circumstances. 
  

   During 
  the 
  summer 
  months 
  of 
  18U4 
  we 
  were 
  able 
  to 
  identify 
  most 
  of 
  

   our 
  specimens, 
  and 
  upon 
  our 
  departure 
  from 
  Minneapolis 
  fortunately 
  

   took 
  some 
  material 
  for 
  further 
  study. 
  Material 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  imprac- 
  

   ticable 
  to 
  take 
  with 
  us 
  we 
  had 
  expected 
  to 
  have 
  sent 
  to 
  us 
  for 
  further 
  

   study 
  after 
  our 
  departure. 
  In 
  this, 
  however, 
  we 
  were 
  disappointed, 
  

   and 
  we 
  were 
  obliged 
  to 
  leave 
  several 
  important 
  species 
  unidentified. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  sources 
  above 
  referred 
  to, 
  I 
  have 
  derived 
  inform 
  a 
  

   tion 
  from 
  numerous 
  papers, 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  which 
  follows. 
  

  

  Dean 
  C. 
  Woecesteii. 
  

  

  Ann 
  Arbor, 
  MichicxAN, 
  July 
  31, 
  1897. 
  

  

  