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Show 1878.] ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 379 It is impossible to say how long she may have been without food previous to her arrival at the gardens. One thing is certain, however, that she could not have taken food while in the box in which she arrived from South America, as she was so closely packed as to be barely able to move. The following papers were read : - 1. Contributions to the Ornithology of the Philippines. No. V I I . - O n the Collection m a d e by M r . A. H . Everett in the Island of Panaon. By A R T H U R , Marquis of Tweed-dale, F.R.S., President of the Society. [Received March 6, 1878.] The small collection, of which it is proposed to give an account, was made by Mr. Everett at San Francisco, on the west coast of the small island of Panaon. This island is situated to the southeast of Leyte, from which it is separated by a narrow channel. Nor is its southern extremity distant from the most northerly part of Mindanao. The number of species obtained is too small to permit m e to draw any general conclusions as to the affinities of its ornis. But the occurrence of the Leyte species of Buceros and Thriponax, B. semigaleatus and T. pectoralis, rather than those of Mindanao, indicates a closer affinity to the northern than to the southern island. Panaon has never hitherto been visited by an ornithological collector. 1. CACATUA H.EMATUROPYGIA (1). [Panaon, $, October.] 2. PRIONITURUS DISCURUS (2). [Panaon, tf, October.] 3. THRIPONAX PECTORALIS. Thriponax pectoralis, Tweeddale, anted, p. 340. [Panaon, d, $, October.] 4. CHRYSOCOLAPTES LUCIDUS (32). [Panaon, $ , October.] Crest and crown dark brown, with ruddy fulvous spots. 5. EURYSTOMUS ORIENTALIS (37). [Panaon, d, 2, September.] rj. ENTOMOBIA GULARIS (44). [Panaon, d, 2, October.] |