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  111 
  List 
  A 
  be 
  iiielndes 
  genera, 
  with 
  12 
  species, 
  wliicli 
  are 
  left 
  out 
  of 
  

   consideration 
  because 
  some 
  or 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  migratory. 
  

  

  In 
  List 
  B 
  he 
  places 
  75 
  genera, 
  each 
  of 
  which, 
  he 
  says, 
  was 
  found 
  

   represented 
  in 
  the 
  Philippines 
  by 
  a 
  single 
  si)ecies. 
  

  

  List 
  C 
  includes 
  53 
  genera, 
  with 
  153 
  species, 
  which 
  he 
  holds 
  to 
  be 
  

   distributed 
  in 
  strict 
  conformity 
  with 
  his 
  law: 
  i. 
  e.. 
  with 
  but 
  one 
  species 
  

   of 
  a 
  genus 
  in 
  an 
  island. 
  

  

  Of 
  List 
  D 
  he 
  says: 
  ''In 
  17 
  genera, 
  with 
  74 
  species, 
  each 
  genus 
  is 
  

   rcjiresented 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  by 
  several 
  species, 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  which 
  

   may 
  be 
  found 
  iidiabiting 
  the 
  same 
  island; 
  but 
  the 
  species 
  thus 
  found 
  

   together 
  witli 
  the 
  same 
  generic 
  name 
  differ 
  greatly 
  in 
  size 
  or 
  coloring 
  

   or 
  other 
  structures, 
  and 
  belong 
  to 
  different 
  natural 
  sections 
  or 
  sub- 
  

   genera." 
  He 
  adds 
  that 
  "these 
  sections 
  or 
  subgenera 
  themselves 
  may 
  

   each 
  be 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  archipelago 
  by 
  several 
  species: 
  but 
  where 
  

   this 
  occurs 
  each 
  species 
  is 
  found 
  isolated 
  and 
  separated 
  from 
  all 
  tlie 
  

   other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  subgenus, 
  just 
  as 
  are 
  the 
  s])ecies 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  

   given 
  in 
  List 
  C." 
  

  

  Finally, 
  List 
  K 
  includes 
  "5 
  genera 
  and 
  10 
  species, 
  in 
  which 
  2 
  species 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  genus 
  were 
  found 
  existing 
  together 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  islands, 
  

   these 
  not 
  differing 
  enough 
  to 
  ap]>ear 
  to 
  warrant 
  placing 
  them 
  in 
  distinct 
  

   sections 
  of 
  tlie 
  genus.'" 
  

  

  Adding 
  the 
  genera 
  with 
  but 
  one 
  Philipjiine 
  speeies 
  (List 
  B). 
  those 
  

   with 
  several 
  species, 
  no 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  area 
  (List 
  C), 
  

   and 
  the 
  17 
  genera 
  of 
  List 
  I), 
  which 
  he 
  implies 
  should 
  really 
  be 
  further 
  

   subdivided, 
  and 
  would 
  then 
  come 
  under 
  his 
  law, 
  he 
  obtains 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  

   145 
  genera 
  out 
  of 
  150, 
  and 
  302 
  species 
  out 
  of 
  312, 
  distributed 
  in 
  con- 
  

   formity 
  with 
  his 
  law. 
  

  

  Tliese 
  conclusions, 
  if 
  true, 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  far-reaching 
  importance, 
  and 
  

   I 
  can 
  not 
  close 
  this 
  paper 
  without 
  a 
  reexamination 
  of 
  the 
  facts, 
  first 
  

   because 
  the 
  data 
  of 
  which 
  Steere 
  chose 
  to 
  avail 
  himself 
  were 
  very 
  incom- 
  

   plete, 
  and, 
  second, 
  because 
  1 
  dissent 
  from 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  conclusions 
  which 
  

   he 
  drew 
  from 
  the 
  data 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  made 
  use. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  comparison 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  more 
  direct, 
  I 
  shall 
  confine 
  

   myself 
  to 
  a 
  consideration 
  of 
  the 
  resident 
  land 
  birds, 
  and 
  shall 
  include 
  

   the 
  birds 
  of 
  tlie 
  Palawan 
  group 
  of 
  islands 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  tiie 
  Philippines 
  

   proper. 
  I 
  shall 
  also 
  retain 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  Steere's 
  method 
  of 
  grouping 
  

   the 
  genera, 
  clianging 
  slightly 
  the 
  order 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  groups 
  are 
  taken 
  up. 
  

  

  Considering 
  first 
  the 
  genera 
  which 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  at 
  present 
  know 
  

   have 
  bnt 
  one 
  species 
  each 
  in 
  the 
  Philip]>ines, 
  we 
  have: 
  

  

  List 
  B. 
  

  

  Acr'ulotheres. 
  Arlamnfi. 
  Culoenai^. 
  

  

  Acrocepluihis. 
  BuchaiHia. 
  CaloDiis. 
  

  

  Jer/ithhia. 
  Ihiitistnr. 
  Cerchiteis. 
  

  

  Jiauda. 
  Cixcatiia. 
  ChaJcophaps. 
  

  

  Jlseoiitix. 
  Cncomantis. 
  Chalcostetha. 
  

  

  Aiilhviicoreros. 
  Call 
  drops. 
  Chimarilioriiis. 
  

  

  Aiiiiropsis. 
  Cdlliope. 
  Chlorura. 
  

  

  