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  PRocEEDiyas 
  of 
  the 
  national 
  musei-m. 
  

  

  placed 
  here 
  by 
  Steere, 
  Caprimnlf/ns, 
  Fiilco, 
  PJiUIentoma, 
  Prionituru^, 
  

   Seturia 
  {Rhinomyias 
  of 
  my 
  lists), 
  and 
  Siphin 
  must 
  be 
  excluded, 
  becans( 
  

   each 
  h(f!i 
  been 
  shoioi 
  to 
  hare 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  species 
  in 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  

   iM((n<ls. 
  

  

  Actenoides 
  I 
  unite 
  with 
  Halcyon, 
  Centrococcyx 
  with 
  Centropns, 
  Psen- 
  

   dolaUif/e 
  with 
  Lalage, 
  Brorleripus 
  with 
  Oriolus, 
  and 
  Erythropiita 
  with 
  

   Pitia. 
  

  

  As 
  already 
  indicated, 
  I 
  exclude 
  Perierocotm, 
  since 
  P. 
  cinereus 
  is 
  a 
  

   winter 
  migrant; 
  but 
  if 
  included 
  at 
  all 
  the 
  genus 
  must 
  be 
  removed 
  to 
  

   the 
  list 
  of 
  genera 
  with 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  species 
  in 
  a 
  place, 
  as 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  

   I', 
  cinereus 
  overlaps 
  that 
  of 
  P. 
  ignens 
  in 
  Palawau, 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  P. 
  noviis 
  

   in 
  Luzon. 
  

  

  Recent 
  work 
  has 
  made 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  add 
  several 
  genera 
  to 
  List 
  C. 
  

   With 
  these 
  additions, 
  after 
  making 
  the 
  changes 
  above 
  mentioned, 
  the 
  

   list 
  will 
  inchide 
  41 
  genera, 
  with 
  !_!*.> 
  species. 
  

  

  In 
  \ 
  low 
  of 
  tlie 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  forms 
  included 
  in 
  this 
  list 
  and 
  the 
  

   one 
  which 
  follows 
  it, 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  advisable 
  to 
  arrange 
  them 
  in 
  tabu- 
  

   lated 
  form 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  show 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  exact 
  distribution 
  of 
  each 
  genus 
  

   in 
  the 
  archipchigo, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  at 
  present 
  known, 
  but 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  its 
  

   si)ccies 
  in 
  eacli 
  island 
  as 
  well. 
  By 
  this 
  method 
  of 
  treatment 
  certain 
  

   facts 
  are 
  broight 
  out 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  likely 
  to 
  csca])e 
  attention 
  were 
  

   we 
  t(> 
  consider 
  only 
  total 
  numbers 
  of 
  genera 
  and 
  species, 
  without 
  exam- 
  

   ining 
  their 
  distribution 
  in 
  detail. 
  

  

  Genera 
  which 
  would 
  fall 
  under 
  Steere's 
  List 
  C, 
  then, 
  1 
  give 
  in 
  Table 
  

   A. 
  A 
  glance 
  at 
  this 
  table 
  will 
  show 
  that 
  41 
  genera, 
  with 
  12;) 
  si)ecies, 
  are, 
  

   so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  at 
  present 
  know, 
  distributed 
  in 
  accortiance 
  with 
  Steere's 
  

   law. 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  next 
  list 
  (List 
  D) 
  Steere 
  includes 
  17 
  genera, 
  with 
  74 
  species, 
  

   and 
  although 
  he 
  admits 
  that 
  in 
  each 
  case 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  si)ecies 
  have 
  

   been 
  found 
  to 
  inhabit 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  islands, 
  he 
  holds 
  that 
  the 
  

   classitieation 
  is 
  in 
  reality 
  at 
  fault 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  genera 
  should 
  be 
  further 
  

   subdivided. 
  

  

  It 
  would, 
  perhaps, 
  be 
  not 
  unreasonable 
  to 
  expect 
  a 
  somewhat 
  detailed 
  

   discussion 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  in 
  question, 
  with 
  reasons 
  why 
  each 
  should 
  be 
  

   further 
  subdivided, 
  but 
  he 
  contents 
  himself 
  with 
  the 
  very 
  general 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  that 
  ''the 
  species 
  thus 
  found 
  together, 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  generic 
  

   name, 
  differ 
  greatly 
  in 
  size 
  or 
  coloring 
  or 
  other 
  structures 
  and 
  belong 
  

   to 
  dirterent 
  natural 
  sections 
  or 
  subgenera.'' 
  

  

  He 
  does 
  attempt 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  where 
  rei)resentatives 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  

   of 
  these 
  subgenera 
  inhabit 
  an 
  island 
  it 
  is 
  under 
  distinct 
  conditions. 
  

   My 
  own 
  observations 
  are 
  at 
  variance 
  with 
  his 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  so 
  many 
  of 
  

   these 
  species 
  that 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  advisable 
  to 
  discuss 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  

   examples 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  instanced. 
  

  

  He 
  first 
  mentions 
  Merops 
  bi 
  color 
  and 
  M. 
  philippimis, 
  which 
  he 
  admits 
  

   probably 
  exist 
  together 
  in 
  every 
  island 
  of 
  the 
  group. 
  The 
  former 
  si>e- 
  

   cies 
  he 
  says 
  is 
  social, 
  hundreds 
  sometimes 
  feeding 
  together 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  

   of 
  fifty 
  to 
  a 
  hundred 
  or 
  more 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  He 
  adds 
  that 
  M. 
  

  

  