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  I'ROCKEDfXG.s 
  OF 
  THE 
  XATIoyAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  fouud 
  there. 
  The 
  only 
  noteworthy 
  difl'erence 
  as 
  yet 
  brought 
  out 
  

   between 
  the 
  avifaniiae 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  ishmds 
  is 
  the 
  apparent 
  absence 
  of 
  

   Polypleciron 
  napolconis 
  in 
  Balabac. 
  

  

  (M'JO. 
  

  

  Cujo 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  ns 
  only 
  throuj;h 
  the 
  few 
  birds 
  collected 
  there 
  by 
  

   Doctor 
  A. 
  1>. 
  Meyer, 
  and 
  the 
  live 
  species 
  listed 
  throw 
  no 
  light 
  on 
  the 
  

   zoological 
  i)osition 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  But 
  little 
  forest 
  remains 
  on 
  it 
  audit 
  

   seeuis 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  i)oor 
  in 
  binls. 
  

  

  THE 
  ZOOLOGICAl. 
  POSITION 
  OF 
  THE 
  PALAWAN 
  (iROlJP. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Palawan 
  <iroup 
  of 
  islands, 
  then, 
  I 
  include 
  Balabac, 
  Palawau, 
  

   Culion, 
  Busuanga, 
  and 
  the 
  small 
  islands 
  immediately 
  adjacent 
  to 
  

   them. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  attempted 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  these 
  islands 
  should 
  be 
  classed 
  

   together. 
  It 
  would 
  remain 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  taken 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  their 
  affini- 
  

   ties 
  were 
  decidedly 
  with 
  Borneo 
  ratlier 
  than 
  with 
  the 
  Phili])pines 
  

   proper 
  had 
  this 
  not 
  already 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  i)aper 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Everett 
  

   previously 
  referred 
  to. 
  

  

  Although 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  Palawau 
  birds 
  has 
  been 
  somewhat 
  

   increased 
  since 
  this 
  paper 
  appeared, 
  such 
  additional 
  facts 
  as 
  have 
  

   been 
  ascertained 
  have 
  simply 
  strengthened 
  Eveiett's 
  conclusions, 
  and 
  

   little 
  remains 
  to 
  add 
  to 
  what 
  he 
  has 
  already 
  said. 
  1 
  trust, 
  therefore, 
  

   that 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  excused 
  if 
  I 
  give 
  a 
  brief 
  resume 
  of 
  his 
  argument, 
  with 
  

   such 
  small 
  additions 
  and 
  subtractions 
  of 
  my 
  own 
  as 
  seem 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  

   called 
  for, 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Everett 
  arranges 
  the 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  Palawan 
  group 
  in 
  three 
  tables, 
  

   as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Table 
  I 
  shows 
  the 
  Palawan 
  species 
  which 
  are 
  common 
  to 
  Borneo 
  or 
  

   other 
  parts 
  of 
  western 
  Indo-Malaya 
  aud 
  to 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  together 
  

   with 
  the 
  species 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  wide 
  general 
  distribution 
  or 
  are 
  migrants 
  

   from 
  continental 
  Asia. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  it 
  includes 
  the 
  birds 
  which 
  

   afford 
  no. 
  evidence 
  of 
  value. 
  

  

  Table 
  II 
  shows 
  the 
  Palawan 
  species 
  which 
  are 
  identical 
  with 
  or 
  

   allied 
  to 
  species 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  Saughir, 
  Celebes, 
  etc., 
  but 
  

   which 
  are 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  Borneo 
  or 
  western 
  Indo-Malaya 
  except 
  as 
  

   migrants 
  or 
  stragglers. 
  

  

  Table 
  III 
  shows 
  the 
  Palawan 
  species 
  which 
  are 
  identical 
  with 
  or 
  

   allied 
  to 
  species 
  inhabiting 
  Borneo 
  or 
  western 
  Indo-Malaya, 
  but 
  Avhich 
  

   are 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines 
  except 
  as 
  migrants 
  or 
  stragglers. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  species 
  of 
  Everett's 
  Table 
  III 
  must 
  be 
  transferred 
  to 
  

   his 
  Table 
  I, 
  for 
  the 
  reasons 
  indicated 
  below: 
  

  

  Corvus 
  pusillun, 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  abundant 
  in 
  Mindoro. 
  Alcedo 
  meniii- 
  

   tiufi^ 
  abundant 
  in 
  Tawi 
  Tavvi. 
  Ceyx 
  eneri/iltra, 
  abundant 
  in 
  Tawi 
  Tawi 
  

   and 
  occurs 
  in 
  Mindoro. 
  Hulci/on 
  pileata. 
  recorded 
  liom 
  Tawi 
  Tawi 
  and 
  

   Basilau. 
  CuciiIks 
  sonnerati, 
  shot 
  by 
  myself 
  in 
  Romblon. 
  Chaleococci/x 
  

   xdiithorhi/iichiis. 
  recorded 
  from 
  Mindoro 
  and 
  Cebu. 
  Centropus 
  javensu, 
  

  

  