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little value, as the birds diflFer so much in size and coloration, 

 some being black over the nostrils and others quite pale. 

 As to wing-measurements, there seems a little difference, 

 but one of my specimens has a wing quite as large as one 

 marked B. leucophaa. All my birds are in worn plumage, 

 which gives them a mottled appearance. 



Lamprocorax panayensis. 



a. ? ad. ; b. (J juv. 



The Philippine Glossy Starling is plentiful. The young 

 bird had fallen from the nest at the foot of a dead tree. It 

 was unable to fly. 



Eulabes palawanensis. 



a, h. c? ad. ; c, d. ? ad. 



The Palawan Wattled Myna is a common and conspicuous 

 bird. It was noticed in pairs, and generally found where 

 there was dead timber standing. 



Corviis pusillus. 

 fl. (J ad. 



This is a curious little Crow, having a voice like a frog. 

 It was very common, particularly near the Iwahig landing. 



XXX — The Bird- Caves of the Bermudas and their Former 

 Inhabitants. By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, Washington, D C. 



(Plate XX.) 



Early in the month of August, 1915, Dr. F. A. Lucas, 

 Director of the American Museum of Natural History of 

 New York City, invited my attention to the fact that there 

 was, at that time, an interesting collection of fossilized 

 bones of birds from the Bermuda Islands at that institution 

 which stood in need of study and description ; he desired 

 to know if I would give them the required attention. This 

 invitation I was glad to accept, as it opened up for me 

 research along a line in which I had never before been 

 engaged, and in due course the material — a most valuable 



