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Show 536 MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE ON THE [June 19, Mr. Bowdler Sharpe1, some of the discoveries made by the 'Challenger ' naturalists have been anticipated. In order that the exact course taken by the ' Challenger' may be recorded, with the dates on which the expedition arrived at and departed from the different islands, I transcribe the following extracts from Mr. J. Murray's ornithological note-book, adding to each extract the names of the birds, as I have determined them:- "Ship arrived at Uo-ilo on the 28th [October 1874], at 5 P.M. On the 30th the following birds were shot. These are all from the island opposite the town :- [Osmotreron axillaris. Centrococcyx viridis. Broderipus acrorhynchus. Corvus philippinus. Loriculus panayensis. Corydalla lugubris. Entomobia gularis. Lalage dominica. Sauropatis chloris. Orthotomus castaneiceps. Pelargopsis gigantea ? Arachnechthra jugularis.i] "The ship arrived at Manila on the 11th January, 1875, and left there on the 14th January. The following two birds were shot from the ship during the stay :- [Larus ridibundus. Hydrochelidon hybridai] "The ship arrived at Zebu on the 18th January, 1875, and left on the 24th. During the stay Percy and some of the officers shot the following birds : - [Broderipus acrorhynchus. Demiegretta sacra. Artamus leucorhynus. Hypsipetes philippinensis. Sauropatis chloris. Lanius lucionensis. Haliastur intermedius. Merops philippinus.] Numenius pheeopus. " Parties landed on the volcanic island of Camiguin on the 26th January, 1875, for a few hours in the afternoon, and the following birds were shot:- [Corvus philippinus. Arachnechthra jugularis. Calornis panayensis. Tringoides hypoleucos.] Sauropatis chloris. " On the 30th of January a party landed, early in the morning, on the island of Malanipa, Basilan Straits, near Zamboanga, and returned to the ship at 2 P.M. The following birds were shot:- [Eudynamis mindanensis. Numenius pheeopus. Myristicivora bicolor. Nectarophila juliee. Haliastur intermedius. Totanus incanus. Tanygnathus lucionensis. Hypothymis azurea.'] Pelargopsis gigantea. 1 Trans. Linn. Soc.' ser. 2, Zool. vol. i. I am much indebted to Mr. Sharpe for his courtesy in permitting m e to peruse his paper while it was passing through the press. Without this assistance it would have been impossible for m e to have completed this report at so early a date. |