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they were making considerable noise, uttering a variety of 

 strange notes, many of which were subdued and conversational. 

 When it was quite dark I crept on hands and knees into the 

 woods, which consisted mainly of young oaks, to within about 

 forty feet of the Crows, when suddenly one sounded an alarm, 

 and the others flew from the low trees without uttering a sound. 

 They lit only a few yards away, but scattered in their flight, and 

 the Crow who did the cawing lit in the next tree from that used 

 as a roost. 



The Annadale woods was visited on the nth of December, 

 1893, and on the 23d of December, 1S93, for the purpose of 

 observing whether the Crows frequented them at that season, 

 but though a few flew by, all were found to be on their way to 

 New Jersey. 



It will be seen from the above that Crows visit Staten Island 

 in winter from two, and sometimes in severe seasons, from a 

 third New Jersey roost, and that in summer they occupy princi- 

 pally two warm weather roosts on the island itself. 



THE DISTRIBUTION OF GENERA AND SPECIES 



OF NON-MIGRATORY LAND BIRDS 



IN THE PHILIPPINES. 1 



BY J. B. STEERE. 



In the years 1887 and 1SS8 a party from the University of 

 Michigan visited the Philippines for the purpose of scientific 

 exploration. During this visit several important facts relating 

 to the distribution of birds in these islands were noticed. As 

 one island after another was explored, it was found, as was to be 

 expected, that most of the genera of birds were continually 

 recurring, thus giving a general similarity to the bird fauna of 

 all the islands. 



1 Read before the American Association for the Advancement of Science at In- 

 dianapolis, August, 1890. 



