...Lombok. The Philippine species offers little diffi. culty, for these birds are found on the smallest islands and sandbanks, and can evidently pass over...case, because none of the numerous intervening islands ofi¿ra single example of the family. Instead of being a well-marked or differentiated form, as we...

...their proper area they are found, says AR Wallace (Ceogr. Dislr. Animals, ii. 341), " on the smallest islands and sandbanks, and can evidently pass over a few miles of sea with case." Indeed, proof of their roaming disposition is afforded by the fact that the bird described by...

...their proper area they are found, says AR Wallace (Gcogr. Distr. Animáis, ü. 341), " on the smallest islands and sandbanks, and can evidently pass over a few miles of sea with case." Indeed, proof of their roaming disposition is afforded by the fact that the bird described by...

...Lombok. The Philippine species offers little difficulty, for these birds are found on the smallest islands and sandbanks, and can evidently pass over...ease ; but the Nicobar bird is a very different case, becausfe none of the numerous intervening islands offer a single example of the family. Instead of...