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Mr. Wallace's lists that tlie only families of birds found in 

 India wliicli an* not Htliiimian arc tiir Certhllihv^ Phijlhir- 

 nitliiihvj HUfl Art<tiniilii'^ cacli of wliicli is represented by but a 

 single species in Central India. In the Himalayas and in the 

 countries immediately to the eastward of India, five a<lditional 

 non-African families are found, .iccording to Mr. Wallace's 

 classilication, viz. : — Pannriihr^ Liotrichidip, PdchijrpphdUdd'^ 

 Kui-ijlirinidi'^ and Poihuujiihv. The following Ethiopian fami- 

 lies are also Indian, but not found in any other ])art of the 

 Oriental region so far as 1 know — Ptcroduhr^ Otidithv, Cur- 

 sorid<v, Pluenicopteridir* \ so that there are actually more fami- 

 lies of birds found in India which are not found in BurnuUi 

 even, tlwui there are which are not also represented in Africa. 

 In Mr. Hlyth's lists of Burmese birds (J. A. S. li. lS7;jj the 

 following families are included -which are not tbund in 

 the Indian province — Jleuicuriihr^ Garridacidr^ LiotricliidiP^ 

 Pipridir'j Eiiryhvmidie. It should be remarked that Mr. 

 Blyth's families differ materially from Mr. Wallace's ; but the 

 result in this respect is the same. If, now, we proceed to cal- 

 culate the number of species Ijelonging to the families, and to 

 limit to the true characteristic sub|)rovinces the area of the 

 Indian province compared, the result will be far more startling. 



1. Found in the typical subprovinces of Families. Species. 



India, but unknown in Africa . . 3 comprising 3 



N.B. Of these three families, one, 

 Artamidfe^'is principally Australian; 

 another, Certhikhv^ is chiefly Palaj- 

 arctic, and is only represented to 

 the east of India by one species in 

 the Phili])i)ine Islands. 



2. Found in the same subprovinces and 



common to Africa, but unknown 

 east of the Bay of Bengal even in 

 Burmah {PterocIidfB 3 species, Oti^ 

 didfc 3 species, Cursoridn- 1 species, 

 PJi(rnir<tj)ten'<l<r 2 species) ... 4 ,, 9 



3. Found in Burmahf, but unrepresented 



in the typical subprovinces of India 

 {Trogonidfc 2 sj)ecies, Ilenicuridcn 

 4, Garndacid<e 15, Liotrichidd' 10, 

 Piprldic [Calyptoiiema) 1, Eury- 

 hvmida- 8) G „ 40 



* Gruida might be added if India be compared with Malayasiaj but 

 cranes are said to occur iu I'jiper nurniah and in China, 

 t Taken from Mr. Blyth's lists, /. c. 



