﻿BIRDS COLLECTED IN CEBIT. 299 



On the other hand we find that the genera Clirysocolaptes and Ortho- 

 tomns and the families Bucerotidce and Timeliidce, all conspicuously 

 represented in Negros, are entirely wanting in Cebu. Worcester 5 says : 



It seems to me evident from the large number of important forms in the central 

 Philippines which do not occur in Cebu, and from those in Cebu which are want- 

 ing in the central Philippines, that the avifaunae of the two islands were 

 originally very distinct. The wonder is not that eight species 6 should have made 

 their way in one direction or the other over 4 miles of sea, but rather that 34 

 species should have failed to cross or, having crossed, should have failed' to 

 establish themselves. 



The collections which form the basis of the present paper were made 

 by the author and assistants at Danao, July 24 to August 3, 1906; at 

 Toledo, September 21 to November 14, 1906 ; and at Minglanilla, Novem- 

 ber 15 to 26, 1906. 



Danao is on the east coast some 20 miles north of the town of Cebu. 

 Collecting at Danao was almost useless and but two important species, 

 Accipiter manillensis and Tachomis pallidior, were secured. 



Toledo, on the west coast, was reached from the Island of Bantayan. 

 It was at this point that Worcester and Bourns did their most important 

 work in the island. We found that a large part of what was level forest 

 land sixteen years ago is now sugar-cane field. The larger trees have 

 been cut and the little forest remaining along streams and on steep hill- 

 sides is rapidly disappearing. 



Minglanilla is on the coast a short distance south of Cebu. Collections 

 of water birds only were made at this point. 



Of the 114 species collected or fully identified by us, 24 appear to be 

 unrecorded from Cebu, making a total of 149 bird species now known 

 from Cebu. 



SPECIES NOT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED FROM CEBU. 



Amaurornis phcenicura. Egretta garzetta. 



Arenaria interpret. Accipiter gularis. 



Squatarola helvetica. Accipiter manillensis. 



OcMhodromus geoffroyi. Halia'etus leucogaster. 



Ochthodromus mongolus. Caprimulgus griseatus. 



2Egialitis peroni. Caprimulgus manillensis. 



JETgialitis alexandrina. Salangana whiteheadi. 



Numenius ct/anopus. Tachomis pallidior. 



Terekia cineria. H ir undo guttural is. 



Ancylochilus subarquatus. Hirundo striolata. 



Glottis nebularius. Budytes leucostriatus. 



Limicola platyrhyncha. Anthus gustavi. 



*Proc. V. 8. Nat. Mus., Wash. (1897), 20, 590. 



6 These eight species are: Phapitreron nigrorum, Alcyone nigrirostris, Xanth'o- 

 Icema roseum, Yungipiaus mavulaius, Dicrwus mirabilis, /Ethopyga boniui. Mtho- 

 pyga magnified, Hylotcrpe unnchelli. 



