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I he Sarasins’ example from North Celebes is dated 13. April, 1894; another 
rom there m the Dresden Museum, 21. Febr., 1894. In Palawan Mr. .John 
hitehead (j 1) remarks that it is “a winter visitor arriving about 25*’’ Sept”- 
similarly in West Borneo (Mt. Dulit) Mr. Hose ( 40 ) writes that it is “a monsoon 
found all through the low countiy, where it is by no means rare”. 
10 . eber obtained a specimen even in Flores ( 47 ), but we have come 
•ri occurrence in Java, though Mr. Vorderman ( 51 ) has 
rvp b Noordwachter Island, and his ( 44 ) specimen is the only one 
it f'o'" Mr. Humo notices several points where 
accoting to Mr. Oates; bnt in Tenasserin, Home and Davison considered 
Cam„„ M extreimty only of the province. In 
becTtnl Da'-iaa- a'-ot one specimen, but in the Andamans it has 
een killed from December to October (J4) and Hume remarks that it appears 
Tpd-^ a permanent resident in those islands, though ive should think with 
maSe r ‘‘'"■‘"8 breeding season are im- 
there seem'*’^°1 ’’® ‘““bed only by casual wanderers; 
mination of A t' “ “f Mr. Hume's deter- 
mat on of the two specimens known, one from each locality, though the author 
himself suggests the possibility of their belonging to a distinct race. 
bv IVK Ibe bird is known as a summer visitor to Corea, it passes 
south T "tb i‘ seems, however, to breed in Central China farther 
v^!ls lb ■ “‘’’•“■mosa it passe, through in migration and some fadT 
hai, on!" IheTchtr^ea 
examples from the Philippines show that it is a 
with thlTonsoon T Tthe N''E^rar™°hTb“’'- “ September or- 
on'fteTat Tnd Tllr'” 
the limits of^it e’lasseilra, Ceylon and South India on the west seem to mark 
ra« bu in M 1 i‘ seems to be very 
maid Malacca and the Andamans it is sufficiently common again ThI 
rcrossrcLrreaiothVrMr 
the same time it 1o b, r llippines and Borneo, as Swinhoe behoved; at 
way into and ov . ^ certain number of individuals pursues another 
of this species irjavr *8 Andamans. The scarcity or absence 
migrants from the north. bi* Borneo would intercept 
i. The tortrem rZT' ’hat of 
has been shown, £. %ri« isTof ve°t k f '"’T* “ 
,,-la r 7 ■ ■ yet known from Formosa and the PhPi'T,T„-r,oc 
where i. arrives in plenty in the autumn, but it is fairly com 
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