﻿NO. 
  1134. 
  PHILIPFIXE 
  ORNITHOLOGY— 
  JVOBCESTEU 
  AND 
  BOURNS. 
  587 
  

  

  found 
  iu 
  Mindoro, 
  aud 
  which 
  I 
  believe 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  found 
  there, 
  though 
  

   they 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  thus 
  far 
  overlooked. 
  

  

  Hydrocorax 
  does 
  not 
  occur 
  m 
  Mindoro, 
  although 
  the 
  island 
  is 
  seem- 
  

   in 
  gh^ 
  remarkably 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  it. 
  So 
  of 
  Harpactes^ 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  

   peculiar 
  Luzon 
  cookoos, 
  Centropus 
  uniritfns, 
  Dasi/lophvs 
  su2)erciUost(,s, 
  

   and 
  Lepidofp-animtis 
  cnmingL 
  Bolbopslttacns 
  is 
  lacking 
  and 
  so 
  are 
  

   Cliry.socohiptes 
  and 
  Microst 
  Ictus. 
  There 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  OrioiuH 
  of 
  the 
  

   0. 
  steerii 
  type. 
  No 
  Anthothreptes 
  has 
  as 
  yet 
  been 
  found, 
  though 
  I 
  spent 
  

   a 
  number 
  of 
  days 
  collecting 
  in 
  cocoannt 
  groves. 
  Tailor 
  birds 
  [Ortho- 
  

   tomus) 
  are 
  certainly 
  absent, 
  and 
  Cittocinda 
  is 
  probably 
  so. 
  Irena 
  is 
  

   certainly, 
  and 
  Zosterornis 
  probably, 
  lacking. 
  

  

  The 
  facts 
  above 
  enumerated, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  character- 
  

   istic 
  Luzon 
  nuimmals 
  in 
  Mindoro, 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  Buhalu.s 
  mindorenfiis 
  in 
  

   Luzon, 
  have 
  forced 
  me 
  to 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  the 
  faunae 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   islands 
  were 
  originally 
  fundamentally 
  distinct. 
  

  

  It 
  certainly 
  re(iuires 
  no 
  stretch 
  of 
  the 
  imagination 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  

   the 
  Lnzon 
  birds 
  found 
  in 
  Mindoro 
  may 
  have 
  crossed 
  at 
  Puerto 
  Gallera 
  

   by 
  way 
  of 
  Isla 
  A 
  erde. 
  

  

  LUZON, 
  MARIIS^DUQUE, 
  AND 
  CATANDUANES. 
  

  

  The 
  avifauna 
  of 
  Luzon 
  is 
  better 
  known 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  island 
  

   of 
  the 
  Philippine 
  group. 
  Nearly 
  every 
  ornithologi(^al 
  collector 
  who 
  has 
  

   visited 
  the 
  archipelago 
  has 
  been 
  forced 
  to 
  go 
  there 
  whether 
  he 
  \vould 
  

   or 
  not, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  collectors 
  who 
  have 
  visited 
  Manila 
  have 
  

   improved 
  the 
  oi)portunity 
  to 
  do 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  work, 
  although 
  their 
  

   operations 
  have 
  been 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  immediate 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  that 
  city. 
  

  

  Luzon 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  the 
  Phili[)pine 
  Islands, 
  aud 
  witli 
  its 
  extensive 
  

   fresh-water 
  lake, 
  great 
  rivers, 
  and 
  lofty 
  forest-clad 
  mountains 
  it 
  offers 
  

   splendid 
  collecting 
  ground. 
  

  

  My 
  personal 
  familiarity 
  with 
  the 
  island 
  is 
  slight. 
  During 
  our 
  first 
  

   visit 
  to 
  the 
  Archipelago 
  neither 
  Bourns 
  nor 
  I 
  fired 
  a 
  gun 
  there. 
  At 
  the 
  

   beginning 
  of 
  our 
  second 
  visit 
  we 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  Laguna 
  de 
  Bay 
  for 
  three 
  

   weeks, 
  to 
  ''break 
  in," 
  but 
  were 
  unfortunate 
  in 
  the 
  locality 
  we 
  selected, 
  

   wliicli 
  was 
  too 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  forest, 
  and 
  were 
  hindered 
  by 
  torrents 
  of 
  

   rain 
  which 
  fell 
  almost 
  wiiiout 
  interruption 
  during 
  our 
  stay. 
  

  

  My 
  last 
  trip 
  in 
  tlie 
  islands 
  was 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  to 
  North 
  Luzon 
  and 
  the 
  

   Batanes 
  and 
  Babuyanes 
  groups. 
  To 
  my 
  everlasting 
  regret, 
  an 
  attack 
  

   of 
  typhoid 
  fever 
  made 
  it 
  necessary 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  abandon 
  this 
  long-cherished 
  

   plan 
  and 
  leave 
  the 
  Phili])i)ines 
  once 
  for 
  all. 
  

  

  In 
  sjrlte 
  of 
  bad 
  collecting 
  ground 
  and 
  worse 
  weather, 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  

   our 
  tliree 
  weeks' 
  work 
  in 
  Luzon 
  were 
  such 
  as 
  to 
  convince 
  us 
  that 
  uuich 
  

   remained 
  to 
  be 
  done 
  there, 
  aud 
  it 
  was 
  with 
  genuine 
  satisfaction 
  that 
  

   we 
  learned 
  of 
  the 
  intended 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Mr. 
  John 
  AVhitehcad, 
  

   so 
  V, 
  ell 
  known 
  from 
  his 
  remarkable 
  work 
  on 
  Mount 
  Kina 
  Balu, 
  in 
  

   Bornect. 
  

  

  