ISLAHD LIFE 



PART II 



group has been omitted as these islands contain so many 

 Bornean species, that if inckided they obscure the special 

 features of the fauna. 



Birds. — The late Marquis of Tweeddale made 

 a special study of Philippine birds, and in 1878 pub- 

 lished a catalogue in the Transactions of the Zoological 

 Society (Vol. IX. Pt. 2, pp. 125-247). But since that date 

 large collections have been made by Everett, Steere, and 

 other travellers, the result of which has been to more than 

 double the known species, and to render the ornithological 

 fauna an exceedingly rich one. Many of the Malayan 

 genera which were thought to be absent when the first 

 edition of this work was published have since been dis- 

 covered, among which are Phyllornis, Criniger, Diceum, 

 Prionochilus, and Batrachostomus. But there still remain 

 a large number of highly characteristic Malayan genera 

 whose absence gives a distinctive feature to the Philippine 

 bird fauna. Among these are Tiga and Meiglyptes, 

 genera of woodpeckers ; Phsenicophaes and Centropus, re- 

 markable cuckoos ; the long-tailed paroquets, Palseornis ; 

 all the genera of Barbets except Xantholsema ; the small 

 but beautiful family Euryla^midae ; many genera allied to 

 Timalia and Ixos ; the mynahs, Gracula ; the long-tailed 

 flycatchers, Tchitrea; the fire-backed pheasants, Euploca- 

 mus ; the argus pheasants, the jungle-fowl, and many others. 



The following tabular statement will illustrate the rapid 

 growth of our knowledge of the birds of the Philippines : — 



Lord Tweeddale's Catalogue (1873) 



]\rr. Wardlaw Ramsay's List (1881) 



Mr. Everett's MSS. List of Additions (1891) 



Land-birds. 



158 

 265 

 370 



Water-birdi- 



60 



75 



102 



Total. 



218 

 340 



472 



The number of peculiar species is very large, there being 

 about 300 land and forty-two water birds, which are not 



42. Vesperugo abramus. 



43. Nycticejus kulilii. 



44. Vespertilio macrotarsiis. 



species. 



45. Vespertilio capaccinii. 



46. Harpiocephaliis cyclotis. 



47. Kerivoula hardwickii. 



48. Kerivoula pellucida. Peculiar species. 



49. ,, jagorii. Peculiar species. 

 Peculiar 50. Miniopterus sclireibersii. 



•^'1- » ti-istis. Peculiar species, 



52. Emballonura monticola. 



53. Taphyzous melanopogon. 



54. Nyctinomus plicatus. 



