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Mr. Whitehead's servant, however, had better hick and 

 escaped with his life, but his mission was not attended with 

 success, for, the natives being scared by the recent disaster, 

 not a boat was to be hired, even for $ 100 per month, and 

 he returned to Cape Engano. It was a long time before 

 there was another chance of returning to Aparri, and for ten 

 days Mr. Whitehead and his men had to wait camped out on 

 the shore to the south of the Cape. 



During all this time many interesting birds were collected, 

 including examples of three new species — a beautiful blue Fly- 

 catcher (^Siphia enganensis), with white abdomen and ferru- 

 ginous flanks, most nearly allied to an Indian species; a green- 

 backed Tailor-bird {Orthotomus chloronotus) , and, more inter- 

 esting still, a third new species of the new genus Zosterornis. 

 Two of these new forms are well shoAvn in the accompanying 

 Plate (III.), the Golden-capped Babbler (Z. dennistouni) being 

 especially beautiful and attractive. During this expedition 

 a number of birds were obtained which Mr. Whitehead had 

 not met with previously, and we have no doubt that, should 

 he succeed at some future time in exploring the eastern 

 chain of mountains, many novelties will be discovered. 

 There still remains some good unexplored ground to the 

 south of Luzon which should also be well worth visiting. 

 Meanwhile our friend, hoping to escape from an unusually 

 Avet season in Manila, departed to Samar, whence we hear a 

 rumour of a fine collection on its way home with specimens 

 of several species which he believes to be iindescribed. 



A few mammalia and reptiles were sent from Cape Engano, 

 and among them a pair of the great rat {Phloeomys cuniingi) 

 and examples of a new species of frog. 



A small collection of Hymenoptera sent from Engano has 

 been worked out by Col. Bingham and contains specimens of 

 no less than seven new species, one being a remarkably large 

 form of the handsome genus Scolia, which has been called 

 S. whiteheadi. This paper has been published in the ' Annals 

 and Magazine of Natural History' (1895, xvi. pp. 438-446). 

 We have also been promised reports on the Arthropoda 

 and Diptera collected during this and former expeditions. 



