208 M'GREGOR. 



Steere, J. B.: The Philippine Ishinds. Nature, Nov. 8 (1888), 39, 37. 



A letter dated Manila, July 2, 1888. The Philippine Islands defined as 

 a zoological province comprising a numher of subprovinces, each character- 

 ized by representative species of birds and probably of mollusks. 

 Steere, J. B. : A list of the birds and mammals collected by the Steere 

 Expedition to the Philippines, with localities and with brief pre- 

 liminary descriptions of supposed new species. Ann Arbor, Mich., 

 July 14 (1890), 1-27. 



A list of 367 species with islands on which they were found by the 

 members of this expedition.: J. B. Steere, D. C. Woi'cester, F. S. Bourns, 

 and E. L. Moseley, and with descriptions of the following new species: 

 Prioniturus lucoiieiisis,.P. mlndorensis, Gyclopsitta mindanensis, Loriculus 

 siquijorniKis. L. rnhHlorciixix, L. xoorcesteri, Circus philippinensis, Spilornis- 

 pmuiycii.^is. Tliriiiniin.r iihUiiiiiinensis, T. mindorensis, Ghri/socolaptes sama- 

 rensis. yHitijiiiieiis hasilaiiiciis, Y. leytensis, Ceyx samarensis,C. mindcmen- 

 sis, C. hasilanica, C. flunvinicola, C. 6oMnm, C malamoMi, Actenoides mose- 

 leyi, Gentrococcyx miiidoreitsis, Penelopides iasilanica, P. samarensis, P. 

 mindor^nsis, Artamides mindorensis, A. mindanensis, A. panayensis, Edolii- 

 soma (Oraucalus) panayensis, Pseudolalage minor, Pericrocotus leytensis, 

 Bypothymis samarensis, Gyanomyas helenos, Setaria samarensis, Oriolus 

 samarensis, Macronus mindanensis, Mixornis nigrocapitatus, Ptilocichla{'>.) 

 iasilanica, Ptilocichla { 1 ) mindanensis, Irena ellai, Poliolophus hasilanious, 

 lole guimarasensis, I. mindanensis, I. siquijorensis, Gittocincla eeJjuensis, 

 Orthotomtis panayensis, 0. samarensis, Zosterops hasilanica, Philemon phil- 

 ippinensis, Dioceum iesti, Prionochilvs samarensis, Cinnyris guimarasensis, 

 Cqwus samarensis, and Sarcophanojis samarensis. Although the descriptions 

 are usually extremely meager and often altogether too short, this is the 

 most important single paper on Philippine birds since Sharpe's report on 

 the Steere collection. 

 Waterhouse, F. H. : x4.vium genermn index alphalieticns. Bull. Brit. 

 Orn. Gluh (1899), 9, 1-31. 



An index to the genera adopted in the 27 volumes of the Catalogue of the 

 Birds in the British Museum. 



Whitehead, J.: Notes on the birds of Palawan. Ihis (1893), VI, 5, 

 38-61, pi. 3. 



A list, with notes, of 157 species collected by Whitehead. Buohanga 

 palawanensis is described as new, and Basa leucopais is the, subject of the 

 colored plate. 



Whitehead, J.: Field-notes on birds collected in the Philippine Islands 

 in 1893-6. Ibis (1899), VII, 5, (part I) 81-111 ; part II, 310-364; 

 part III, 381-399 ; part IV, 485-501. 



An enirmeration of 359 species collected or observed by Whitehead, with 

 notes of considerable interest and importance. Most of the species were 

 previously recorded in the series of articles by Grant. 



Whitehead, J.: [On a new pigeon.] Bull Brit. Orn. Club (1897), 6, 



N-o. XLIII, 34; also Ibis (1897), VII, 3, 439. 



Ptilocolpa nigrorum, new species, described from Negros. 

 Whitehead, J.: [A new flycatcher.] Bull. Brit. Orn. Cluh (1893), 1, 



No. VI, 31. 



