﻿51)6 
  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  TEE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Tlie 
  occurrence 
  of 
  Cranorrhinus 
  leucocephalus 
  in 
  Oainiguiii 
  serves 
  

   to 
  indicate 
  the 
  relationship 
  with 
  Mindanao 
  which 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  

   Ca 
  pec 
  ted. 
  

  

  ^Nlahuiipa 
  is 
  a 
  tiny 
  ishuid 
  lying 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  southwest 
  extrem- 
  

   ity 
  of 
  Mindanao. 
  Half 
  a 
  day's 
  work 
  was 
  done 
  on 
  it 
  by 
  a 
  party 
  from 
  

   the 
  •'Challenger." 
  UKdi/namis 
  miiulanensis, 
  Myristicivora 
  bicolor, 
  

   Halla.stnr 
  inttrmedius, 
  Tanytjnathus 
  luconensisj 
  Pelargopsis 
  f/ic/antea, 
  

   It^umetims 
  2)haeopi(s, 
  Cinnyris 
  juliae., 
  Heteractitis 
  hreinpes, 
  and 
  Hypothyniis 
  

   azurea 
  were 
  the 
  only 
  species 
  obtained, 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  known 
  from 
  

   Mindanao. 
  

  

  SULU, 
  TAWI 
  TAWI, 
  AND 
  BONGAO.. 
  

  

  Sulu 
  and 
  Tawi 
  Tawi 
  lie 
  to 
  the 
  southwest 
  of 
  Basilan, 
  and 
  are 
  con- 
  

   nected 
  with 
  that 
  island 
  by 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  shallow 
  soundings 
  hardly 
  any- 
  

   where 
  exceeding 
  100 
  fathoms. 
  Sulu 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  

   Sultans 
  who 
  have 
  ruled 
  the 
  piratical 
  ^Mohammedan 
  population 
  of 
  

   the 
  southern 
  Philippines, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  veritable 
  hornet's 
  nest. 
  When 
  we 
  

   were 
  there 
  with 
  the 
  Steere 
  expedition 
  iu 
  1887 
  collecting 
  was 
  absolutely 
  

   out 
  of 
  the 
  question, 
  a 
  pitched 
  battle 
  having 
  just 
  been 
  fought 
  between 
  

   the 
  Spanish 
  garrison 
  and 
  the 
  natives. 
  In 
  1891 
  we 
  managed 
  to 
  collect, 
  

   though 
  at 
  serious 
  personal 
  risk. 
  

  

  The 
  native 
  forest 
  in 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  near 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Sulu 
  was 
  

   cleared 
  away 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  extent 
  by 
  the 
  slaves 
  of 
  the 
  ''Moros" 
  in 
  the 
  

   days 
  before 
  the 
  advent 
  of 
  steam 
  gunboats 
  and 
  Gatling 
  guns, 
  when 
  

   piracy 
  was 
  a 
  more 
  profitable 
  vocation 
  than 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  i)resent. 
  In 
  i)lace 
  

   of 
  the 
  original 
  forest 
  enormous 
  numbers 
  of 
  fruit 
  trees 
  were 
  planted, 
  

   so 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  wooded 
  district 
  near 
  the 
  town 
  is 
  artificial 
  and 
  does 
  

   not 
  afford 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  collecting. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  well-wooded 
  hills 
  

   in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  question 
  to 
  attem])t 
  

   to 
  reach 
  them 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  our 
  visit. 
  

  

  Guillemard 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  make 
  important 
  collections 
  in 
  Sulu, 
  

   although 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  had 
  previously 
  been 
  obtained 
  there 
  by 
  Bur- 
  

   bidge. 
  Platen 
  afterwards 
  visited 
  th^ 
  island, 
  and 
  Bourns 
  and 
  I 
  spent 
  

   some 
  six 
  weeks 
  there 
  in 
  1891. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  recorded 
  

   up 
  to 
  date 
  is 
  108. 
  

  

  Tawi 
  Tawi 
  is 
  almost 
  entirely 
  covered 
  by 
  forest. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  

   piratical 
  settlements 
  on 
  its 
  southern 
  coast, 
  but 
  its 
  northern 
  side 
  is 
  

   uninhabited 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  native 
  huts 
  near 
  the 
  Spanish 
  blockhouse 
  

   atTataJin, 
  where 
  reside 
  the 
  governor, 
  captain 
  of 
  the 
  port, 
  postmaster, 
  

   etc. 
  (all 
  combined 
  in 
  one 
  man 
  ), 
  also 
  a 
  Spanish 
  lieutenant 
  and 
  thirty 
  

   to 
  fifty 
  native 
  soldiers. 
  

  

  Guillemard 
  touched 
  at 
  Tawi 
  Tawi, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  collect 
  there. 
  The 
  

   first 
  collections 
  ever 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  were 
  those 
  of 
  Bourns 
  and 
  

   myself 
  Everett 
  has 
  since 
  visited 
  Sibutu 
  and 
  Bongao, 
  and 
  has 
  sent 
  

   his 
  collectors 
  to 
  Tawi 
  Tawi. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  recorded 
  

   is 
  97. 
  

  

  We 
  touched 
  at 
  Baugao 
  on 
  our 
  way 
  to 
  Tawi 
  Tawi, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  collect 
  

  

  