﻿Recently 
  published 
  Ornithological 
  Works. 
  591 
  

  

  After 
  two 
  unavailing 
  efforts 
  the 
  third 
  start 
  for 
  Kina 
  Balu 
  

   from 
  Labuan 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  January 
  1887 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  expe- 
  

   dition 
  lasted 
  three 
  months, 
  eight 
  weeks 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  spent 
  

   in 
  bird-collecting 
  among 
  the 
  higher 
  mountain-spurs. 
  Of 
  

   the 
  species 
  of 
  which 
  examples 
  were 
  obtained 
  on 
  this 
  occasion 
  

   18 
  were 
  new 
  to 
  science 
  ; 
  and 
  amongst 
  these 
  was 
  the 
  magni- 
  

   ficent 
  Calyptomera 
  ivhiteheadi, 
  a 
  life-sized 
  portrait 
  of 
  which, 
  

   together 
  with 
  its 
  nest, 
  forms 
  a 
  frontispiece 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  

   volume. 
  After 
  varying 
  his 
  experiences 
  by 
  a 
  run 
  to 
  Palawan 
  

   (see 
  ' 
  Ibis,' 
  1888, 
  p. 
  38), 
  Mr. 
  Whitehead 
  started 
  in 
  December 
  

   1887 
  for 
  his 
  final 
  expedition 
  to 
  Kina 
  Balu, 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  

   which 
  occupies 
  his 
  eighth 
  and 
  ninth 
  chapters. 
  The 
  exact 
  

   summit 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  being 
  an 
  inaccessible 
  rock, 
  the 
  

   highest 
  point 
  reached 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Whitehead 
  was 
  13,525 
  feet, 
  

   on 
  February 
  11th, 
  1888. 
  At 
  elevations 
  of 
  above 
  7000 
  feet 
  

   examples 
  of 
  ten 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  birds 
  (four 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  

   been 
  referred 
  to 
  new 
  genera) 
  were 
  collected. 
  The 
  species 
  

   that 
  inhabit 
  the 
  region 
  above 
  8000 
  feet, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  descend 
  

   much 
  lower, 
  are 
  Cryptolopha 
  trivirgata, 
  Oreodistes 
  leucops, 
  

   Androphi/us 
  accentor, 
  Corythocichla 
  crassa, 
  and 
  Cuculus 
  

   poliocephalus 
  . 
  Above 
  10,000 
  feet 
  only 
  three 
  species 
  were 
  

   noticed 
  — 
  Merula 
  seebohmi, 
  Cettia 
  oreophila, 
  and 
  Chlorocharis 
  

   emilicB. 
  

  

  We 
  lament 
  the 
  necessity 
  which 
  has 
  compelled 
  the 
  author 
  

   of 
  this 
  volume 
  to 
  issue 
  it 
  in 
  a 
  quarto 
  form, 
  and 
  we 
  fear 
  that 
  

   its 
  size 
  will 
  interfere 
  with 
  its 
  success. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  

   the 
  mountain-sketches 
  of 
  Kina 
  Balu 
  are 
  well 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   reproduction 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  scale. 
  We 
  could 
  also 
  wish 
  that 
  a 
  

   better 
  map 
  had 
  been 
  provided 
  than 
  the 
  slight 
  outline 
  sketch 
  

   given 
  in 
  the 
  introduction. 
  Without 
  such 
  assistance 
  it 
  is 
  

   difficult, 
  even 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  experienced 
  geographer, 
  to 
  enter 
  

   into 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  ascent 
  of 
  Kina 
  Balu 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  ap- 
  

   proaches 
  to 
  that 
  mountain 
  from 
  the 
  sea-coast. 
  

  

  