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  PROCEEDIXGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  XATIOXAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  especially 
  when 
  one 
  remembers 
  the 
  negative 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  positive 
  evi 
  

   dence, 
  and 
  notes 
  the 
  entire 
  absence 
  in 
  the 
  Palawan 
  gronp 
  of 
  snch 
  char- 
  

   acteristic 
  Philippine 
  greneraasPm^/o/rjVZf.s, 
  Loriculus, 
  lyngipicus, 
  Sarcojys, 
  

   ])icn(n(s, 
  ^fqialuym, 
  CoiJfiycliufi, 
  and 
  Bhinomyias. 
  

  

  It 
  IS 
  interestinji" 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  the 
  evidciu-e 
  furnislicd 
  by 
  the 
  mara- 
  

   nials 
  proves 
  even 
  more 
  conclusively 
  than 
  that 
  afforded 
  by 
  the 
  birds 
  the 
  

   close 
  relationship 
  of 
  the 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Palawan 
  gronp 
  both 
  with 
  each 
  

   other 
  and 
  with 
  I>orneo. 
  Excluding- 
  bats, 
  .") 
  of 
  the 
  IS 
  genera 
  remaining 
  

   have 
  no 
  Philippine 
  representatives, 
  while 
  of 
  the 
  22 
  species 
  but 
  5 
  occur 
  

   in 
  the 
  Philippines. 
  Of 
  these 
  o 
  only 
  Paradoxurus 
  phiiipjyhiensifi 
  can 
  be 
  

   rcLiarded 
  as 
  a 
  distincrivcly 
  Philippine 
  species, 
  and 
  accin-ding 
  to 
  Mr. 
  

   Everett 
  even 
  this 
  occurs 
  in 
  Borneo. 
  

  

  CAGAYAN 
  SrHJ. 
  

  

  Cagayan 
  Sulu 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  us 
  only 
  through 
  the 
  paper 
  of 
  Doctor 
  Guil- 
  

   lemard 
  on 
  the 
  birds 
  collected 
  there 
  during 
  the 
  voyage 
  of 
  the 
  yacht 
  

   Marchesa. 
  Guillemard 
  obtained 
  15 
  species 
  of 
  birds, 
  the 
  only 
  novelty 
  

   being 
  Mironiis 
  (-(((jayanensis. 
  The 
  evidence, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  goes, 
  indicates 
  

   that 
  the 
  island 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  Bornean. 
  

  

  Too 
  little 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  known 
  of 
  its 
  avifauna, 
  however, 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  

   safe 
  to 
  pjiss 
  a 
  tinal 
  judgment. 
  Bourns 
  and 
  I 
  had 
  planned 
  to 
  work 
  it 
  

   thoroughly. 
  Unfortunately 
  for 
  us 
  a 
  boat 
  load 
  of 
  Cagayan 
  Sulu 
  natives 
  

   were 
  captured 
  by 
  a 
  Spanish 
  gunboat 
  while 
  engaged 
  in 
  piratical 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Tawi 
  Tawi. 
  They 
  were 
  brought 
  to 
  Sulu, 
  where 
  

   we 
  were 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  aiul 
  were 
  compelled 
  to 
  work 
  in 
  chains 
  on 
  the 
  streets 
  

   for 
  some 
  weeks. 
  They 
  were 
  finally 
  allowed 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  their 
  homes, 
  

   where 
  they 
  promptly 
  stirred 
  up 
  so 
  much 
  ill 
  feeling 
  as 
  to 
  render 
  the 
  

   island, 
  which 
  had 
  hitherto 
  been 
  i)eaceful 
  enough, 
  altogether 
  too 
  danger- 
  

   ous 
  for 
  a 
  collecting 
  ground. 
  We 
  therefore 
  passed 
  it 
  by. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  barely 
  connected 
  with 
  Borneo 
  by 
  the 
  hundred-fathom 
  line, 
  and 
  

   I 
  have 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  sucli 
  evidence 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  obtained 
  in 
  future 
  will 
  

   contirm 
  that 
  already 
  at 
  our 
  disposal. 
  

  

  THE 
  PHILIPPIXES 
  PROPER. 
  

  

  Turning 
  now 
  to 
  the 
  Philippines 
  proper, 
  by 
  which 
  term 
  I 
  mean 
  to 
  des- 
  

   ignate 
  the 
  remaining 
  islands 
  included 
  in 
  our 
  distribution 
  list, 
  I 
  propose 
  

   to 
  first 
  discuss 
  Steere's 
  remaining 
  subdivisions 
  and 
  to 
  then 
  consider 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  general 
  problems 
  involved. 
  

  

  Steere's 
  five 
  remaining 
  "■ 
  subprovinces" 
  are. 
  in 
  my 
  judgment, 
  very 
  far 
  

   from 
  being 
  zoologically 
  ecjuivalent. 
  In 
  some 
  instances 
  the 
  differences 
  

   depended 
  on 
  in 
  establishing 
  their 
  boundaries 
  are 
  simply 
  the 
  occurence 
  

   of 
  different 
  representative 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  genera 
  in 
  the 
  areas 
  in 
  

   question. 
  In 
  other 
  cases 
  whole 
  genera 
  present 
  in 
  one 
  area 
  are 
  lacking 
  

   in 
  another, 
  while 
  in 
  (Jebu, 
  which 
  Steere 
  has 
  not 
  considered 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   separate 
  rank, 
  we 
  miss 
  entire 
  families 
  which 
  are 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  

   islands 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  united 
  it. 
  

  

  