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  PHILnTISF 
  OTiXITHOLOdY—WOBCESTER 
  AND 
  BOURNS. 
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  of 
  fairly 
  good 
  forest 
  reDiainiiig, 
  and 
  one 
  would 
  naturally 
  expect 
  to 
  meet 
  

   with 
  deep-woods 
  birds 
  here 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  found 
  with 
  great 
  difficulty, 
  

   if 
  at 
  all, 
  in 
  Culion. 
  

  

  During 
  our 
  stay 
  we 
  obtained 
  representatives 
  of 
  80 
  species 
  of 
  birds. 
  

   Keference 
  to 
  the 
  accompanying 
  distribution 
  table 
  will 
  show 
  that 
  they 
  

   were, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  unimportant 
  exceptions, 
  all 
  well 
  known 
  Palawan 
  forms. 
  

  

  The 
  exceptions 
  are: 
  

  

  1. 
  Hi/potaenidia 
  striata. 
  6. 
  Merops 
  hicolor. 
  

  

  •J. 
  HaUmtitr 
  mtermcdiuH. 
  7. 
  CoUoca'iafrancica. 
  

  

  ?,. 
  Elaniia 
  hjnioleiiciis. 
  8. 
  Cisticola 
  exilis. 
  

  

  ■i. 
  I'oiiodctus 
  icthitaetiis. 
  9. 
  Lanius 
  nasvtiis. 
  

  

  5. 
  -S7; 
  »./• 
  Candida. 
  

  

  Merops 
  hicolor 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  strictly 
  Philippine 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  list, 
  and 
  

   with 
  this 
  possible 
  exception 
  every 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  nine 
  will 
  eventually 
  be 
  

   recorded 
  from 
  Palawan, 
  while 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  such 
  characteristic 
  

   Palawan 
  forms 
  as 
  the 
  following 
  leaves 
  no 
  room 
  for 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   lelationship 
  of 
  the 
  Calamianes 
  birds: 
  

  

  1. 
  (iijmnolaernns 
  marchei. 
  11. 
  f'riouochilus 
  Johaiiuae. 
  

  

  2. 
  Dryorocci/x 
  harringtoni. 
  12. 
  Orthotomusruficcps. 
  

  

  3. 
  rrioniturns 
  cyaneiceps. 
  13. 
  Cittocirivla 
  niyra. 
  

  

  •L 
  Ti(/a 
  ereretti. 
  14. 
  Chloropsis 
  paJairanensia. 
  

  

  h. 
  Chrfisocolaptes 
  erythrocephalus. 
  15. 
  Criniger 
  f 
  rater. 
  

  

  6. 
  Mainattis 
  palawanensis. 
  16. 
  Irena 
  tweeddalii. 
  

  

  7. 
  Chihia 
  palawanen-sis. 
  17. 
  Artamides 
  siimaireusis. 
  

  

  8. 
  Iluchanga 
  paJawanensia. 
  18. 
  Zeocephua 
  cyanescens. 
  

  

  9. 
  Aethopyga 
  nheUeyi. 
  19. 
  Siphia 
  Jemprieri. 
  

   10. 
  Ciiniyris 
  aurora. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  disparity 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  known 
  from 
  Palawan 
  

   and 
  the 
  Calamianes 
  will 
  doubtless 
  disappear 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  degree 
  as 
  the 
  

   birds 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  islands 
  become 
  better 
  known. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  expected, 
  

   however, 
  that 
  their 
  bird 
  fauna 
  will 
  ever 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  equal 
  in 
  richness 
  

   that 
  of 
  Palawan, 
  with 
  its 
  lofty 
  mountains 
  and 
  magnificent 
  forests. 
  

  

  BALABAC. 
  

  

  Until 
  within 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  Balabiic 
  were 
  known 
  to 
  us 
  only 
  

   through 
  the 
  very 
  incomi)lete 
  collections 
  made 
  by 
  Steere 
  in 
  1874, 
  and 
  by 
  

   the 
  Steere 
  Expedition 
  in 
  1887, 
  the 
  small 
  prospect 
  of 
  important 
  dis- 
  

   coveries, 
  together 
  with 
  tlie 
  extreme 
  unhealthfulness 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  hav- 
  

   ing 
  kept 
  collectors 
  away 
  from 
  it. 
  More 
  recently, 
  however, 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  H. 
  

   Everett, 
  to 
  whom 
  Philippine 
  ornithology 
  owes 
  so 
  much, 
  has 
  made 
  a 
  

   collecting 
  trip 
  to 
  the 
  island, 
  the 
  result 
  being 
  to 
  establish 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  a 
  

   very 
  close 
  relationship 
  between 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  Balabac 
  and 
  Palawan. 
  

  

  Sixty-nine 
  species 
  are 
  at 
  present 
  known 
  from 
  the 
  island. 
  Of 
  these 
  

   all 
  but 
  Anthits 
  richnrdi, 
  Limonidromvs 
  inclicKS, 
  Pandion 
  leucocephalus, 
  

   Deinicf/retta 
  sacrOj 
  and 
  Tnrtur 
  figrinus 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  Pala- 
  

   wan. 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Turtiir 
  tigrinus 
  at 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  '' 
  inspec- 
  

   cion 
  de 
  montes"in 
  Manila 
  which 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  obtained 
  in 
  

   Palawan, 
  and 
  the 
  remaining 
  four 
  species 
  will 
  doubtless 
  eventually 
  be 
  

  

  