290 m'gregor. 



Sharpe, R. B. : Professor Steere's expedition to the Philippines. Nature 

 (1876), 14, 297, 298. 



A short account of Steere's first expedition to the Philippines and brief 

 preliminary descriptions of ten new species: Eurylcemus steerii, Phyllornis 

 palaioanensis, Brachyurus steerii, /Ethopyga magnifica, JEthopyga shelleyi, 

 Jllthopyga pulcherrima, Arachnothera dilutior, Dicccum dorsale, Dicceum 

 hypoleucum, and DiccBum luBmatostictum. 



Sharpe, R. B. : Catalogue of the Passerif oiines, or perching birds, in the 

 collection of the British Museum. ColiomorphEe containing the 

 families Corvids, Paradiseidse, Oriolidae, Dicruridse, and Priono- 

 pidffi. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. London (1877), 3, 1-344, pis. 1-14. 



Synonymy, keys, and descriptions of all species of the families named 

 in the title. Oriolus steerii new species is the only Philippine species 

 figured. An important work. 



Sharpe, R. B. : Catalogue of the Passerif ormes, or perching birds, in the 

 collection of the British Museiun. Ciclilomorpha3 : part I contain- 

 ing the families Campophagidaa and Muscicapidae. Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. London (1879), 4, 1^94, pis. 1-14. 



Contains keys, synonymy, and descriptions of the species in the families 

 named. The work is important. No Philippine species is figured. 



Sharpe, R. B. : A contribution to the avifauna of the Sooloo Islands. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1879), 311-317. 



Notes on 20 species mostly collected by Burbidge in the Island of Sulu. 

 The new species described are Tanygnatlms hurhidgii and Gallus strami- 

 neicollis. 



Sharpe, R. B. : A list of the birds of Labuan Island and its dependencies. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1879), 317-354, pi. 30. 



A list of 137 species largely from the collections of Low, Ussher, and 

 Treacher, with valuable notes. The paper includes interesting references to 

 a number of species which range to the Philippines. 



Sharpe, R. B. : Catalogue of the Passerifoinnes, or perching birds, in the 

 collection of the British Museum. Cichlomoi-phaj : part III contain- 

 ing the first portion of the family Timeliids (babbling- thrushes). 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. London (1881), 6, 1-422, pis. 1-18. 



An important work on the first part of the Timeliidw with keys, descrip- 

 tions, and synonymy. The Philippine species figured are: lole rufigularis, 

 Criniger frater, and Criniger palaioanensis. 



Sharpe, R. B. : Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or perching birds, in the 

 collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorphaj : part IV contain- 

 ing the concluding portion of the family Timeliidse (babbling- 

 thrushes). Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. London (1883), 7, 1-700, pis. 

 1-15. 



An important work on part of the family TimeJiidcc with keys, synonymy, 

 and descriptions; no Philipjjine species figured. 



