﻿584 
  rnocEEDiXGs 
  OF 
  the 
  x.itioxal 
  museum. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  not 
  surprising 
  tliat 
  we 
  should 
  not 
  have 
  found 
  such 
  deep-woods 
  

   forms 
  as 
  Chibia 
  menac/ei 
  and 
  RMpuhira 
  sauJi 
  \\\ 
  llomblon, 
  as 
  the 
  few 
  

   acres 
  of 
  forest 
  reiiiaiiiing- 
  do 
  not 
  aft'ord 
  them 
  a 
  suitabk', 
  habitat. 
  The 
  

   presence 
  of 
  ToJc 
  ciiicreicep.s 
  and 
  THcaeum 
  intennedinm 
  will 
  ])('rliaps 
  serve, 
  

   however, 
  to 
  indicate 
  the 
  relationship 
  of 
  the 
  now 
  rapidly 
  diminishing 
  

   avifauna 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  Romblon 
  belongs, 
  I 
  believe, 
  with 
  Tablas, 
  and 
  

   the 
  two 
  islands 
  must, 
  like 
  Si<juiJor, 
  be 
  given 
  a 
  place 
  by 
  themselves. 
  

  

  Sibuyan 
  is 
  a 
  much 
  more 
  attractive 
  field 
  for 
  the 
  ornithologist 
  than 
  

   Eomblon. 
  It 
  is 
  sei)arated 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  island 
  by 
  a 
  channel 
  some 
  

   6 
  nules 
  Avide 
  and 
  about 
  100 
  fathoms 
  deep. 
  In 
  its 
  center 
  the 
  fine 
  peak 
  

   of 
  Giting-giting 
  rises 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  6,500 
  feet. 
  To 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  

   Giting-giting 
  is 
  a 
  deep 
  canj^on, 
  with 
  the 
  soil 
  and 
  vegetation 
  on 
  its 
  

   opposite 
  sides 
  quite 
  distinct. 
  Conifers 
  grow 
  at 
  sea 
  level 
  — 
  a 
  most 
  unusual 
  

   sight 
  in 
  the 
  I'hilippines. 
  

  

  Giting-giting 
  was 
  a 
  perpetual 
  temptation 
  to 
  me, 
  and 
  I 
  twice 
  climbed 
  

   it 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  4,000 
  feet 
  only 
  to 
  be 
  driven 
  back 
  by 
  the 
  storms 
  which 
  

   hardly 
  ceased 
  to 
  rage 
  about 
  the 
  mountain 
  during 
  my 
  stay. 
  It 
  is 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  worthy 
  of 
  note 
  that 
  Aelhopyga 
  magnifica 
  and 
  Hyloterpe 
  icrncheJli 
  

   were 
  obtained 
  at 
  the 
  highest 
  point 
  reached, 
  while 
  Cei/x 
  bournsi 
  was 
  

   abundant 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  2,000 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  lowlands 
  of 
  Sibuyan 
  were 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  abundantly 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  forest, 
  and 
  the 
  weather 
  there 
  was 
  comi)aratively 
  favorable 
  for 
  

   collecting 
  during 
  my 
  stay, 
  so 
  that 
  a 
  good 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  lowland 
  bis 
  ds 
  

   was 
  secured 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time. 
  Of 
  the 
  05 
  species 
  obtained, 
  30 
  were 
  Phil- 
  

   ippine 
  forms. 
  

  

  IsTot 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  new 
  species 
  discovered 
  in 
  Tablas 
  and 
  liomblou 
  

   was 
  found 
  in 
  Sibuyan. 
  Iyn(iipie\is 
  menagei 
  and 
  Dicaeiim 
  sibuyanicnm 
  

   were 
  the 
  only 
  novelties 
  obtained, 
  although 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  Cyanomyias 
  

   coelestis, 
  hitlierto 
  known 
  only 
  from 
  Basilan, 
  Mindanao, 
  and 
  Dinagat, 
  

   was 
  quite 
  as 
  interesting 
  to 
  me 
  as 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  finding 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  

   species. 
  C. 
  coeJcsfis 
  is 
  comparatively 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  island. 
  Three 
  

   specimens 
  Avere 
  secured 
  and 
  others 
  seen. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  remaining 
  species, 
  Fhabotreron 
  nigrorum, 
  Alcyone 
  cyanipectus, 
  

   Prionitiinis 
  cliscurus, 
  Loricithis 
  reguliis, 
  Aeilwpyga 
  niagnijica, 
  Antho- 
  

   tlireptes 
  chJongn.ster, 
  and 
  Hyloterpe 
  wincheUi 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  ones 
  of 
  interest. 
  

   All 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  central 
  Philippine 
  forms, 
  and 
  have 
  perhaps 
  found 
  their 
  

   way 
  into 
  Sibuyan 
  along 
  the 
  route 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  shoals 
  which 
  

   connects 
  Sibuyan 
  with 
  Masbate. 
  I 
  can 
  not 
  bt^lieve 
  that 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  

   actual 
  connection 
  here, 
  however, 
  for 
  we 
  are 
  once 
  more 
  confronted 
  with 
  

   the 
  absence 
  of 
  whole 
  families 
  like 
  the 
  Bucerotidae, 
  GapitonUlae, 
  Dicru- 
  

   ridae, 
  and 
  Timeliidac. 
  'So 
  Paridae, 
  Cethiidae, 
  or 
  Pycnonotid/ie 
  were 
  

   obtained, 
  although 
  the 
  ground 
  collected 
  over 
  was 
  well 
  suited 
  to 
  them, 
  

   liepresentatives 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  former 
  families 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  overlooked. 
  

   however. 
  

  

  These 
  facts, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  deer, 
  lead 
  me 
  to 
  doubt 
  the 
  exist- 
  

   ence 
  of 
  any 
  connection 
  between 
  Sibuyan 
  and 
  the 
  islands 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  

   and 
  east 
  since 
  the 
  latter 
  obtained 
  their 
  present 
  characteristic 
  fauna. 
  

  

  