BIRDS OF THE ANAMBA ISLANDS. 



11 



occur in the Malay Peninsula; 22 on Sumatra; 21 on Borneo, 14 

 on Java; and 11 in Indo-China. 



It will readily be seen by examination of these facts that the 

 Anamba Islands, in so far at least as their avifauna indicates, are 

 most closely related to the Malay Peninsula; less so but about 

 equally to Sumatra and Borneo; still less to Java, and only compara- 

 tively slightly to Indo-China. 



The data on the faunal relationships of Anamba birds given in the 

 above paragraphs may be more graphically presented in the follow- 

 ing table. In this the first column is reserved for endemic forms; 

 in the other columns occurrence of the Anamba birds themselves is 

 indicated by an asterisk (*); and of their nearest relatives by a 

 dagger (f). 



Faunal relationships of the resident birds of the Anamba Islands. 



<H 



Name. 



Fregala minor minor 



Butorides javanicus javanicus 



Demicgretta sacra sacra 



Cuncuma leucogastris 



Orthorhu mphus mngnirostris 



Thalasseus bergii pelecanoides 



Sterna melanauchen melanauchen 



Anous stolidus pileatus 



Caloenas nicobarica 



Chalcophaps indica indica 



Myr'isiicivora bicolor 



Muscadivores aeneus polius 



Dendrophassa vemans adina 



Loriculus galgulus 



Conurus longicaudus 



Urococcyx enjthrognathus 



Sauropatis Moris cyanescens 



A Icedo ispida bengalensis 



Ceyx rufidorms rufidorsus 



Micropus subfurcatus 



Collocalia lowi 



Collocalia vestita amechana 



Hemiprocne longipennis harterti 



Hemiprocne comata comata 



Hypurolepis javanica abbotti : 



A riamid.es sumatrensis calopoliua 



Cyornis banyumas lampra 



Hypothymis azurea opisthocyanea ' 



A egithiha viridissima thapsina ' 



Pycnonotus plumosus cltiropethis 



Pycnonotus simplex halizonus 



Pycnonotus brunneus zapolins 



Horizillas magnirostris 



Anuropsis malaccensis malaccensis 



Mixornis pileata zophera 



Kiltacinda malabarica ochroptila ' 



Kittacincla malabarica helerogyna 



Orthotomus atrogularis 



Gracula javana prasiocara 



Lamprocorax panayensis hctcrochlorus '. 



Dissemurus paradiseus microlophus 



Anthreptes malacensis anambae 



Cimiyris brasiliana eumecis 



Aethopyga siparaja ochropyrrha 1 



Dicaeum trigonostigmum hypochloum... 



Totals (including both Anamba forms and nearest relatives) 15 



37 26 



27 12 



i Occurs on only the Anamba group and other small islands in the southern part of the South China Sea. 



