1878.] ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 6] 1 



of which were obtained from a dealer at Singapore ; but the exact 

 locality of their habitat could not be satisfactorily determiued. 



Care must be taken not to confuse Tudicula of H. and A. Adams 

 with Tudicla of Bolton, of which genus T. (Murex) spirillus of 

 Linnaeus is the type. 



6. Contributions to the Ornithology of the Philippines.— 

 No. IX. On the Collection made by Mr. A. H. Everett 

 in the Island of Palawan 1 . By Arthur, Marquis of 

 Tweeddale, F.R.S., President of the Society. 



[Keceived May 16, 1878.] 



(Plates XXXVII. & XXXVIII.) 



Until visited by Dr. Steere in July 1874, when he remained for a 

 month at the Spanish settlement of Puerto Princesa, the island of 

 Palawan, so far as is on record, had not been explored bv any 

 naturalist. Nothing was known of its zoological productions ; and its 

 exact relationship as a zoogeographical area remained an unsolved 

 problem. During his stay at Puerto Princesa Dr. Steere collected 

 examples of 32 species of birds, all of which have been enumerated 

 by Mr. Sharpe 2 . 



At the end of November 1877 Mr. A. H. Everett arrived at Puerto 

 Princesa, and remained until the beginning of January, when, 

 becoming disabled by fever, he was obliged to return to Manilla to 

 recruit his health. He, however, succeeded in collecting specimens of 

 52 species of birds, 32 of which are additional to those obtained by Dr. 

 bteere. This last gentleman discovered 12 species not sent to me by 

 Mr. Everett ; so that the total of known Palawan species of birds 

 (and all are from Puerto Princesa and its vicinity) now amounts to 64. 

 I his small number cannot exhaust the avifauna of this large island • 

 and as Mr. Everett is now happily recovered, and has returned to 

 Pa awan, I propose postponing any remarks on the character of the 

 Jt'alawan ornis until we are in possession of the wider evidence which, 

 further collections will doubtless supply. Generally, however, it 

 may be affirmed from the data before us that the birds of Palawan 

 represent mostly Bornean genera and species, although a few distinctly 

 rhihppme types also occur. 



The following species in the present collection have not hitherto 

 been described : — 



,o' n 9 " everettL 22. Brachypus cinereifrons. 



12. Dicrurus palawanensis. 25. Criniger palawanensis. 



17 '. Broderipus palawanensis. 34. Cyrtostomus aurora. 



19. Trichostoma rufifrons. 39. Corvus pusillus. 



20. Drymocataphus cinereiceps. 



* I treat Palawan as being a Philippine Island in a political sense. It remains 

 to be shown whether it does not in fact belong, zoologicnllv, rather to Borneo 

 Xrans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zoology, vol. i. 



