Introduction; Migration. 
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During our studies it hu, bocoute abundantly -ideny-^*^^^ »™ 
are not generally aware that migrarion yes i,„(i a 
extern it does, J^ason that they themselves are continuyy 
rL‘“:l7ror;:et' place and are conse,nent.y n^ . syy w et^r 
the birds they see are visitors or stationary. Among the residents or “ajy 
tne buds they see than 
of longer standing it would oe u <.j. v„o ..o vpI nnblished 
^ .1 xrvr,.... /rf tlipcsp Mr Everett has as yet puuusuou 
two or three ““f beyond a few terse notes on individual 
nothing oa nngratry to om kno y 
rr^^itreaT w":t:.e ftom thri gentleman following^^„ 
relating to the S. E. parts of Palawan: “When the great a*yf ^ 
the far” north takes place ^ese a.: 00^37 flying 
dreds of Wagtails. Pipits, September, after we had 
up on your approach . . . foi ^ sea-coast, with its rocky 
collected all the resident specms h hunting-ground; for about 
points and estuaries, was b) fai t 
that time the great winter inigiati , , , and 6 P M all in one 
forests of Palarvan. Most Waders pyyd 3/ JJ'iy the birds 
direction, S.W.; if a small yck -"^if t lruing this line of 
return, but still hurried on then sou 
flight they worrld touch most seem to travel further still. 
Borneo, where some remain for the , bringing up heavy clouds 
When the wind was blowing gales from the S M ., tt'W-S I t 
loaded with rain, then was the liveliest time for ™""o’ »" ' ^ 
moderate days, it was seldom worth while to viy the ^ 
travellers were as fat as butter, and in no state for a bird-collector (Ibrs 
p. 40). Out of a total of 167 species in Palawan 49 are migrants. 
Birds at sea. - Nearly all naturalists when at sea in 
been visited by birds of migratory species for a temporary i 
When saiUng ships were common this was possib y a m • Meyeii’s 
than in these days of steamers. The following f‘“37ng the China 
«T> • V Tri' icq^ IT 195 is of interest. When ciossing 
Reise urn die Erde , 18d5 11, «u„„icies the ordinary sea-birds 
Sea between Macao, Canton Kiver, an an , , • v ^ye quickly per- 
a number of various small land-birds weie semi, on this occasion 
ceived, were migrating and resting upon oiu s ^ domestica Pall, and 
the Lanius jjhoenicurus (Pall.) (= L. , summer months in Southern 
the Motacilla ftav^h Wids ^were directing their course towards 
Siberia ... As it appeared all numbers that we caught eight 
the Moluccas; the Swallows canie ^ palm-tree drifted by our ship . . . 
of them in the evening. J ^^^^ing island as it came towards us, and 
Large birds were resting on tin g* 
