﻿No.ns4. 
  PHILIPPINE 
  OnXITHOLOGY—WOECESTEIi 
  AND 
  BOURNS. 
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  tbe 
  northern 
  and 
  eastern 
  islands. 
  In 
  short, 
  the 
  evidence 
  furnished 
  by 
  

   tbe 
  mammals 
  is 
  strongly 
  confirmatory 
  of 
  the 
  conclusions 
  already 
  reached 
  

   from 
  our 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  birds. 
  

  

  CEBU. 
  

  

  Cebn 
  extends 
  in 
  a 
  northeast-southwest 
  direction 
  for 
  120 
  miles, 
  its 
  

   greatest 
  width 
  being 
  slightly 
  more 
  than 
  20 
  miles. 
  At 
  its 
  southern 
  

   extremity 
  it 
  approaches 
  to 
  within 
  about 
  4 
  miles 
  of 
  Negros. 
  As 
  

   already 
  indicated, 
  Steere 
  has 
  included 
  it 
  in 
  his 
  " 
  subprovince," 
  the 
  

   central 
  Philippines, 
  and 
  a 
  glance 
  at 
  the 
  map 
  certainly 
  would 
  not 
  lead 
  

   one 
  to 
  expect 
  a 
  fundamental 
  difference 
  between 
  the 
  avifaunae 
  of 
  Cebu 
  

   and 
  M 
  egros. 
  Nevertheless, 
  I 
  shall 
  attempt 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  such 
  a 
  difference 
  

   exists. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  really 
  important 
  ornithological 
  work 
  ever 
  done 
  in 
  Cebu 
  was 
  

   that 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  H. 
  Everett, 
  who 
  made 
  some 
  interesting 
  finds 
  there 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  his 
  famous 
  collecting 
  tour 
  of 
  the 
  Islands. 
  

  

  The 
  Steere 
  expedition 
  visited 
  the 
  island 
  in 
  1S8S, 
  and 
  Bourns 
  and 
  I 
  

   made 
  vigorous 
  efforts 
  to 
  find 
  forest 
  in 
  the 
  high 
  hills 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  

   of 
  Carmen. 
  We 
  met 
  with 
  most 
  inditferent 
  success, 
  finding 
  only 
  now 
  

   and 
  then 
  a 
  small 
  patch 
  of 
  trees 
  at 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  some 
  steep 
  incline. 
  

   The 
  ground 
  was 
  olten 
  so 
  treacherous 
  that 
  we 
  were 
  obliged 
  to 
  hunt 
  on 
  

   all 
  fours, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  shot 
  were 
  lost, 
  falling' 
  far 
  below 
  us, 
  

   where 
  we 
  could 
  not 
  reach 
  them. 
  Two 
  new 
  species, 
  Cittoeincla 
  cebnensis 
  

   and 
  Kinox 
  spilorwtus, 
  were 
  obtained, 
  and 
  Chloropsu 
  fldripennis 
  was 
  

   seen, 
  but 
  none 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Everett's 
  other 
  new 
  species 
  were 
  met 
  with. 
  

  

  In 
  1891, 
  while 
  skirting 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  sugar 
  steamer, 
  we 
  

   were 
  so 
  fortunate 
  as 
  to 
  discover 
  what 
  we 
  had 
  been 
  assured 
  did 
  not 
  

   exist 
  in 
  the 
  island, 
  namely, 
  a 
  fair-sized 
  j)atch 
  of 
  forest 
  on 
  tolerably 
  

   smooth 
  ground. 
  We 
  were 
  unable 
  to 
  stop 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  but 
  returned 
  the 
  

   following 
  year 
  and 
  collected 
  for 
  several 
  weeks 
  with 
  good 
  success, 
  not 
  

   oidy 
  rediscovering 
  all 
  of 
  Everett's 
  new 
  species, 
  but 
  adding 
  a 
  fine 
  new 
  

   ]%ahotrerou, 
  an 
  loh, 
  and 
  a 
  Piprisoma 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  ourselves. 
  We 
  also 
  

   added 
  37 
  known 
  species 
  to 
  the 
  Cebu 
  list, 
  bringing 
  the 
  total 
  up 
  to 
  125. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  species 
  are 
  seemingly 
  peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Cebu: 
  

   Phahotreroji 
  frontalis, 
  Loriculus 
  ehrysonotus, 
  Oriohis 
  assimilis, 
  Diccvum 
  

   IMtUiiJior, 
  Gryptolopha 
  flar!igularis^ 
  Cittoeincla 
  cebuensis. 
  lole 
  mo7iticola, 
  

   Udoliisoma 
  cebuensis, 
  and 
  Art 
  amides 
  cebnensis. 
  

  

  Apart 
  from 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  these 
  i>eculiar 
  species, 
  other 
  im^jortant 
  

   differences 
  separate 
  Cebu 
  from 
  the 
  central 
  Philippines. 
  The 
  latter 
  

   islands 
  have 
  another 
  long-billed 
  Phabotreron 
  (P. 
  maculipectus), 
  another 
  

   OrioJus 
  [0. 
  nigrostriatus), 
  another 
  Dicaeum 
  {D. 
  dorsale), 
  another 
  Edolii- 
  

   soma 
  {E. 
  panay 
  ens 
  is) 
  J 
  and 
  another 
  Artamides 
  {A. 
  panayensis). 
  We 
  do 
  

   not 
  find 
  any 
  close 
  ally 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  Pole 
  monticola 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  islands, 
  

   nor 
  is 
  there 
  any 
  species 
  known 
  which 
  at 
  all 
  resembles 
  the 
  beautiful 
  

   Prionochilus 
  quadricoJor 
  of 
  Cebu. 
  These 
  peculiar 
  species 
  furnish 
  us 
  

   with 
  important 
  evidence, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  the 
  only 
  evidence 
  at 
  

   our 
  disposal. 
  GMoropsis 
  Jlavipennis 
  affords 
  us 
  another 
  example 
  of 
  a 
  

  

  