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species was breeding at this time, and I often saw flocks of 

 twenty or thirty males without one of the opposite sex. On 

 March 17 I discovered a nest in one of the scattered trees on 

 the grassland beyond the forest at Brooke's Point. The female 

 was on the nest and remained there until I started to ascend 

 the tree, when she left with a sudden rush and took a long round- 

 about flight, which brought her up again to the top of a nearby 

 tree within sight of her nest, where she remained until I left 

 the neighborhood. The nest was a loosely constructed platform 

 about 13 centimeters in diameter and was placed some 4 meters 

 above ground. The eggs, which were distinctly visible from 

 the ground through the bottom of the nest, were pure white, 

 regularly elliptical, and measured 28 by 22 and 26 by 21 milli- 

 meters. Both were fresh. A second nest was discovered at 

 Calatugas on April 5, similar to the first but only 1.2 meters 

 from the ground. Unfortunately the eggs from the latter were 

 broken before measurements could be taken. I found 0. ver- 

 )ian3 at Brooke's Point, Candauaga, Bonabona. Calatugas, Tag- 

 bariri, and Puerto Princesa. The species is well distributed 

 through the Philippines. 



Muscadivores palawanensis (Blasius). 



The Palawan imperial pigeons were common throughout the 

 region wherever there was forest. Their deep "ah-hoo-oo" and 

 guttural "kr'-r-r-r-r, kr'-r-r-r-r, kr'-r-r-r-r" were familiar sounds 

 along the trails through the deep woods, although the birds 

 became silent or took flight when aware of being approached. 

 Since they usually chose the upper branches of the tall trees 

 for their feeding grounds, it was not always easy to catch sight 

 of them, even when they were noisy and moving about, nor was 

 their collecting easy, for their perch was sometimes nearer rifle 

 range than shotgun range. My records for this bird are from 

 all points except Dadagican. Specimens are from Brooke's 

 Point. 



Myristicivora bicolor (Scopoli). 



I saw a single nutmeg pigeon at Brooke's Point on March 12 

 but was unable to get within shotgun range of it owing to its 

 wariness. This species was reported to me as being common 

 on the west coast of Palawan near the settlement of Alfonso 

 XIII, but I was unable to verify this for myself. Previous 

 observers have recorded the species from other localities in 

 Palawan. 



