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Mixornis, 3. Parus, 2. Corvus, 2. 



Ptilocichla, 3. Sitta, 2. Sarcophanops, 2. 



Chloropsis, 2. Zosterops, 4. Oxycerca, 3. 



Irena, 4. Prionochilus, 3. Munia, 2. 



Poliolophus, 4. ^Ethopyga, 4. Macropygia, 2. 



Pycnonotus, 2. Arachnothera, 2. Phlogcenas, 2. 



Cittocincla, 3. Anthothreptes, 2. 



Future observations will probably remove Falco from this list 

 to the one which follows. Professor Sharpe does not recognize 

 the genus Broderip?is in the Oriolidae, nor the genus Actcuoides 

 among the Kingfishers. If these genera are thrown out the 

 species placed under them will also fall into the following list. 

 Several of these genera, among which are Caprimulgus, Sur- 

 niculus, Eudynci7nis, Erythropitta, Pycuonotns, Parus, and 

 Sitta, possess but two Philippine species each, one of which 

 inhabits the islands of Paragua and Balabac on the west, while 

 the other species is quite generally distributed over the remaining 

 islands. 



Perhaps one of the most characteristic genera of List C is 

 Loriculus, the small, green, blue-winged and red-rumped 

 Parrots. This genus exists in seven species, which have the fol- 

 lowing distribution: L. philippC7isis occupies the islands of 

 Luzon and Marinduque; L. reguhts the islands of Panay, 

 Guimaras, Negros and Masbate ; L. mindorensis the island of 

 Mindoro ; L. chrisonotus the island of Cebu ; L. Worcester i the 

 islands of Samar and Leyte ; L. siqiiijorensis the little island of 

 Siquijor ; and L. hartlaubii the islands of Mindanao and Basilan. 

 The western islands or Paragua and Balabac seem to lack the 

 genus altogether. Though some hundred and fifty specimens of 

 this genus were procured, in no case were individuals of two 

 species found inhabiting the same island, though the straits sep- 

 arating islands were in some cases very narrow. This is notably 

 so with the islands of Negros and Cebu, occupied respectively by 

 L. regulus and L. chrisonotus. These islands approach each 

 other so closely at the straits of Dumaguete that the outlines of 

 houses and trees can be readily made out across them. 



The genus of small Hornbills, Penelopides, with six species, 

 is another good example of the method of distribution of species 

 in this list. Penelopides panini inhabits Guimaras, Panay, 



