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PYGMIES AND PAPUANS 



TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF SPECIES COLLECTED 

 AND THE FAMILIES TO WHICH THEY BELONG 



Family. 



CorvidcB Crows ........ 



Paradiseidcs Birds-of-Paradise, Bower-Birds and Manucodes 



EulabetidcB Tree-Starlings 



Dicntridcs Drongos 



OriolidcB Orioles 



PloceidcB Weaver-Finches 



MotacilUda; Wagtails 



Meliphagidis Honey-caters 



Nectariniidcs Sun-birds 



Dic(xidce Flowcr-pcckcrs 



Zosteyopides White-eyes . 



LaniidcB Shrikes 



Prionopidcs Wood-Shrikes 



ArtcrmidcB Swallow-Shrikes 



Tinieliidcs Babblers 



Campophagidcs Cuckoo-Shrikes 



Muscicapid(B Flycatchers . 



Hinindijiidce Swallows 



PittidiB Pittas or Ant-Thrushes 



CiicuUdcB Cuckoos 



Cypselidcs Swifts . 



CaprimulgidcB Nightjars 



Podargidcs Frog-mouths 



BticerotidcB Hornbills 



Meropidcs Bee-eaters . 



CoraciidcB Rollers . 



Alcedinidcs Kingfishers , 



PsittacidcB Parrots 



LoriidcB Lories or Brush-tongued Parrots j 



Bitbonidcs Horned and Wood-Owls 



Falconidcs Eagles and Hawks 



PJialacrocoracidcs Cormorants . 



AvatidcB Ducks . 



IbididcB Ibises . 



Ardeidce Herons 



CUdicnemidcB Stone-Plovers 



CharadriidcB Plovers 



Laridcp. Gulls and Terns 



Rallidcs Rails . 



Coliimbidce Pigeons 



Megapodiidcv Megapodes or Mound-builders 



Casuariida Cassowaries .... 



No. of 

 pecies. 

 2 

 13 



4 



Total 



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From the above table it will be seen that out of 235 species procured, 150 are 

 included in eight of the Families ; viz. Birds-of-Paradise 13 ; Honey-eaters 26 ; 

 Cuckoo-Shrikes 11; Flycatchers 30; Cuckoos, 11 ; Kingfishers 11 ; Parrots, 22 ; 

 Pigeons, 26. 



