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Palawan 
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Zamboanga 
Griiimaras 
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Mindanao 
Sooloo . 
Talaut . 
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Bourns & Worcester 
Bourns & Worcester 
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Bourns & Worcester 
Steere 
Sharpe, W. Bias., Everett 
Everett 
Sclater 
Steere 
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Steere 
Sclater, R. G. W. Ramsay 
Sharpe, Steere, M. & Wg. 
Sharpe, W. Blasius 
M.&Wg. 
Sclater, M. & Wg. 
Brligg., Schleg., M. & Wg. 
M.&Wg., Schlegel 
Salvador 
Salvadori 
Salvador 
Sclater 
Sclater 
Salvador!, Sclater 
Salvador!, Sclater 
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Salvador!, Sclater 
Salvador!, Sclater 
E. P. Ramsay, Salvador! 
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It will be observed that the distribution of the Philippine species appears 
to be somewhat mixed up as regards Luzon, Mindanao and Palawan, and a re- 
examination of specimens with special regard to age and sex might prove in- 
structive. P . erythrogaster is very possibly the female or young male of propinqua. 
1) An !sland near South Cape, New Gumea, 
