﻿280 m'gregor. 



list of species not previously recorded from basilan. — cont'd. 



Bhyacophilus glareola. Cucuhis canorus. 



Limonites damacensis. Chalcococcyx xanthorhynchus. 



Dissoura episcopus. Chalcococcyx malayanus. 



Ardea sumatrana. Pitta fastosa, new species. 



Egretta garzetta. Hemichelidon griseisticta. 



Bvhulcus coromandus. Pericrocotus cinereus. 



Dendrocygna guttulata. Locust ella ochotensis. 



Mareca penelope. Acanthopneuste borealis. 



Astur, sp. Budytes leucostriatus. 

 Astur soloensis. 



LIST OF NEW SPECIES. 



Thriponax multilunatus. Orthotomus meamsi. 



Pitta fastosa. 



TITLES OF PRINCIPAL PAPERS ON THE BIRDS OF BASILAN. 



Bourns and Worcester, Preliminary notes on the birds and mammals 

 collected by the Menage Scientific Expedition to the Philippine 

 Islands. Minn. Acad. Nat. Sci., Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 1-64. 



McGregor and Worcester, A hand-list of the birds of the Philippine 

 Islands. Publications of the Bureau of Government Laboratories 

 (1906), 36, 1-123. 



Siiarpe, Prof. Steere' s Expedition to the Philippines.. Nature (1876), 

 14, 297-98. 



Sharpe, On the birds collected by Professor J. B. Steere in the Philip- 

 pine Archipelago. Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. (1877), 1, 307-355, pis. 

 46-54. 



Steere, A list of the birds and mammals collected by the Steere Ex- 

 pedition to the Philippines. Ann Arbor (July 14, 1890) 1-30. 



Tweddale, On the collection made by Mr. A. H. Everett in the Island 

 of Basilan. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1879), 68-73. 



Worcester, Notes on the distribution of Philippine birds. Proc. U. 8. 

 Nat. Mus. Wash. (1898), 20, 567-625, pis. 55-61. 



Worcester and Bourns, A list of the birds known to inhabit the Phil- 

 ippine and Palawan Islands, showing their distribution within the 

 limits of the two groups. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Wash. (1898), 20, 

 549-566. 



. NOTES ON THE SPECIES OBSERVED. 



Megapodius cumingi Dilhv. 



This megapode appeared to be rare in Basilan; a live specimen was seen which 

 had been taken in a snare. 



