636 MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON THE [June 19, 



Mr. Bowdler Sharpe*, some of the discoveries made by the 'Chal- 

 lenger ' naturalists have been anticipated. In order that the exact 

 course taken by the ' Challenger ' may be recorded, with the dates on 

 which the expedition arrived at and departed from the different 

 islands, I transcribe the following extracts from Mr. J. Murray's 

 ornithological note-book, adding to each extract the names of the 

 birds, as I have determined them : — 



"Ship arrived at Ilo-ilo on the 28th [October 1874], at 5 p.m. 

 On the 30th the following birds were shot. These are all from the 

 island opposite the town : — 



[Osmoireron axillaris. Centrococcyx viridis, 



Broderipus acrorhynchus , Corvus philippinus. 



Loriculus panayensis. Corydalla lugubris. 



Entomobia gularis. Lalage dotninica, 



Sauropatis chloris. Orthotomus castuneiceps. 



Pelargopsis gigantea ? Arachnechthra jugularis.^ 



"The ship arrived at Manila on the 11th January, ISTS, and left 

 there on the 14th January. The following two birds were shot from 

 the ship during the stay : — 



[^Larus ridibundus. Hydrochelidon hybrida.~\ 



"The ship arrived at Zebu on the 18th January, 18/5, and left 

 on the 24th. During the stay Percy and some of the officers shot 

 the following birds : — 



[Broderipus acrorhynchus. Demiegretta sacra. 



Artamus leucorhynus. Hypsipetes philippinensis. 



Sauropatis chloris. Lanius lucionensis. 



Haliastur intermedins. Merops philippinus.^ 

 Numenius phceopus. 



" Parties landed on the volcanic island of Camiguin on the 26th 

 January, 1875, for a few hours in the afternoon, and the following 

 birds were shot : — 



[^Corvus philippinus. Arachnechthra jugularis. 



Calornis panayensis. Tringoides hypoleucos.^ 



Sauropatis chloris. 



" On the 30th of January a party landed, early in the morning, on 

 the island of Malanipa, Basilan Straits, near Zamboanga, and 

 returned to the ship at 2 p.m. The following birds were shot : — 



[^Eudynamis mindanensia. Numenius pkaopus. 



Myristicivora bicolor, Nectarophila julice. 



Haliastur intermedins. Totanus incanus. 



Tanygnathus lucionensis. Hypothymis azurea.'] 

 Pelargopsis gigantea. 



' Trans. Linn. Soc'ser. 2, Zool. vol. i. I am much indebted to Mr. Sharpe 

 for his conrtesy in permitting me to peruse his paper while it was passing through 

 the press. Without this assistance it would have been impossible for me to 

 have completed this report at bo early a date. 



