Tr. Z. S. viii. 

 p. 26. 



130 ON TITE BIRDS OF CELEBES. [1872. 



iEgialites. Actitis. Herodias. Dendrocygna. 



Charadrius. Lobipes. Ardetta. Hydrochelidon. 



Strepsilas. Totanus. Demiegretta. Onychoprion. 



Himantopus. Limosa. Ardcola. Pelecanopus. 



PoriilnTio. Tringa. Nycticorax. Plotus. 



HypotoMiidia. Galliuago. Butorides. Phalacrocorax. 



Rallina. Melanopelargus. *Querquedula. Dysporus. 



Gallinula. Falcinellus. Maieca. Podiceps. 



Numenius. Ardea. 



The following nine genera are peculiar to the island of Celebes : — Mcropogon, Monachalcyon, 

 Ceycopsis, Artamides, Gazzola, Streptocitta, Enodes, Sdssirostnim, Meffacephalon. One genus is 

 restricted to Celebes and the Sanghir Islands, Cittura ; one to Celebes and the Philippines, Prio- 

 mturits ; and one to Celebes and Ceram, Basilornis. 



Of these twelve genera, Meropogon, Streptocitta, and Basilornis belong to the non-Austra- 

 lian families ; Gazzola to the almost universal Corvinae ; Monachalcyon, Ceycopsis, and Cittura 

 are isolated genera of a family in which the Australian region is pre-eminently rich ; Enodes 

 and Scissirostrum have affinities with genera common to the Indian and Australian regions ; 

 Megacephalon is strictly Australian. The affinities of Prioniturus seem to be with Australian 

 genera. 



The total number of Celebean genera also found within the Indian region, but not in the 

 Australian, is forty-eight f. 



The total number of Celebean genera also occurring in the Australian region, but not in the 

 Indian, is twenty-three. If we compare these numbers, we find that Celebes contains twenty-five 

 more Indian than Australian genera. 



If we make the same comparison by orders, the following results are obtained : — 



Indian region. Australian region. 



Psittaci 1 3 



Eapaces 10 2 



PicariiE 11 3 



Passeres 20 5 



Columbse 2 8 



Galling 1 1 



Gralla; 2 1 



Anseres 1 



Total 48 23 



So, while the Celebean Rapaccs and Passeres contain a large majority of Indian genera, in 



t It is true that Buceros, Akedo, BudijUs, and Pratincola occur in some of tho Papuan and Moluccan islands ; but 

 they cannot bo regarded as genera belonging to tho Australian region. 



