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should be specially asked. In wet weather the day is the best 

 time to seek nests, but in fine warm weather (of which we had 

 little) the night and early morning are better. We found 

 field-glasses of 15 power very useful for observing birds ; 

 they give a large field and are not too heavy to carry. 



XVI. — On a Collection of Birds sent by Mr. Alfred H. Everett 

 from the Suht Archipelago. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, 

 LL.D., F.L.S., &c. 



(Plates VI. & VII.) 



It is with great pleasure that I bring before the readers 

 of ' The Ibis ' an account of a small but interesting col- 

 lection of birds procured in the islands of Bongao, Sibutu, 

 and Tawi-Tawi, in the Sulu Archipelago, by Mr. A. H. 

 Everett. I believe that no birds have been previously 

 obtained from Bongao and Tawi-Tawi, and that only a few 

 odd skins, procured by Sir Hugh Low, have been brought 

 from Sibutu. The main island of Sulu has been visited by 

 Mr. Burbidge, Dr. Guillemard, M. Marche, and Dr. Platen 

 and his wife, and the following papers refer to the orni- 

 thology of that island : — 



Sharpe, R. B. '^'^On the Birds collected by Prof. J. B. Steere 

 in the Philippine Archipelago." Tr. Linn. Soc. (2), Zool. 

 i. pt. 6, p. 310 (1877). 

 Sharpe, R. B. '^A Contribution to the Avifauna of the 



Sooloo Islands.'^ P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 311-317. 

 OusTALET, E. '^ Description des oiseaux nouvelles des lies 

 Souloo.'' Bull. hebd. Assoc. Sc. France, 1880, p. 205. 

 Guillemard, F. H. H. "Report on the Collections of 

 Birds made during the Voyage of the Yacht ' Marchesa.^ 

 I. A provisional List of the Birds inhabiting the Sulu 

 Archipelago." P. Z. S. 1885, pp. 247-275, pis. xvii., xviii. 

 Blasius, W. " Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse von Dr. Platen's 

 ornithologischen Forschungen auf den Sulu-Inseln." 

 J. f. O. 1890, pp. 137-144. [This paper contains a list 

 only of the species additional to Dr. Guillemard's list 

 which were discovered by Dr. Platen.] 



