282 Letters, Extracts, Notices, ^-c. 



58. Winge on Fossil Birds from Brazil. 



[Fugel fra Knoglelauler i Brasilien. Af Oluf Winge. 4to. Kjoben- 

 havn: 1887.] 



Herr Winge lias completed the working out of the birds' 

 hones found by Lund in the caverns of Lagoa Santa, Minas, 

 Brazil, which was begun by Lund himself and continued by 

 Reinhardt. The species enumerated are 126 in number, 

 many of which are still living in the same district. Some 

 remains of a Goose of the genus Chenalopax are referred to 

 a new species as Ch. pugil. 



XXV. — Letters, Extracts, Notices, ^c. 



We have received the following letters addressed to the 



Editors of ' The Ibis : '— 



Labuan, Borneo, 



Dec. 10, 1887. 



Sirs, — In 'The Ibis' for October 188G I recorded the 

 occurrence of Ptilopus melanocephalus on Banguey Island, 

 and mentioned that it was reported by natives that Parrots 

 similar to those found in the Philippines were to be met with on 

 the Mantanani Islands, a group of recent coral islets situated 

 about 18 miles off Abai harbour, in North Borneo, A few 

 days ago I visited Abai in order to land Mr. J. Whitehead, 

 who has started on his second journey to Kina Balu ; and I 

 took the opportunity of running out to the Mantanani group, 

 Avhere I was successful in verifying the native report, finding 

 that the islands abounded with a species of Tanygnatlms, 

 which is identical with, or very closely allied to, T. luzoni- 

 ensis. I also found abundance of a large Pigeon, which I 

 think will prove to be Carpophaga jnckeringi. Whether these 

 two species are migrants or are permanently settled on the 

 islands remains to be proved, as is also the case with 

 Ptilopus melanocephalus. The Mantanani Isles are Bor- 

 nean geographically, but they are avcU situated for re- 

 ceiving migrants and stragglers from the Palawan group of 

 the Philippines, and some of these may have become perma- 



