PROF. STEERE IN THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO. 



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gigantea and Oarpojphaga Pickeringi, have been recorded from the Sums ; and the blockade 

 maintained by the Spaniards renders exploration in this archipelago difficult. 



At p. 128 Lord Tweeddale alludes to a number of Indo-Malayan genera which are 

 wanting in the Philippines. The researches of Dr. Steer e enable us to supply the 

 following — Anthreptes, A^thopyga, Arachnothera, Prionochilus, Mixornis, Macronus, 

 Phyllomis, Iora, Criniger, Buclianga, JSulabes, Tiga, Dendrophila. Besides these the 

 Eurylsemidae are represented by a new genus, the Timeliidse by two, and the Cuculidse 

 by one. All of these new genera are very closely related to well-known Indo-Malayan 

 forms. It should be noted, moreover, that Palawan, the Bornean character of whose 

 avifauna has already been alluded to, supplies us with most of the missing genera. 



In the present paper 45 species are added, which are presumably peculiar to the 

 Philippines ; so that out of 285 species, 151 are peculiar (cf. Walden, I. c. p. 128). 

 Following Lord Tweeddale' s example, I give a table " showing by families the proportion 

 of species peculiar to the Philippine Islands." 



Families. 



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Psittaeidas . . 

 Palconidas : . 

 Strigidae .... 

 Picidae .... 

 Trogonidas . . 

 Meropidae . . 

 Coraeiidas . . 

 Alcedinidae . . 

 Capitonidas . . 

 Cypselidae . . 

 Caprimulgidas 

 CucuUdas . . 

 Bueerotidae . . 

 Laniidse .... 

 Artamidse . . 

 Campephagide 

 Dicruridae . . 

 Muscicapidae 

 Hirundinidae 

 Oriolidae .... 



1 



3 



11 



5 



1 



4 

 2 



11 



Turdidas 



Pittidae 



Timeliidae . . 

 Crateropidae 



Irenidae 



Brachypodidas 

 Saxicolidae . . . 



Sylviidae 



Motacillidae 

 Paridae . . . . , 

 Meliphagidae . 

 Neotariniidae 

 Certhiidae . . 



Corvidae 



Sturnidas . . 

 Eurylaemidae , 

 PringiUidae . . 

 Ploceidae .... 

 Treronidae . . 

 ColumbidaB . . 



5 

 4 



3 



6 

 3 



6 

 1 

 3 

 1 

 13 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 1 



Gouridae . . . . 

 Phasianidae 

 Tetraonidae . . 

 Turnicidae . . 

 Rollulidas . . 

 Megapodidae 

 Charadridae 

 Glareolidae . . 

 Gallinulidas 

 Rallidae 

 Parridae .... 

 Scolopacidae 

 Cioonidae 

 Ardeidae .... 

 Anatidas . . . . 

 Procellariidae 

 Laridae 

 Podicipidae . . 

 Pelecanidae . . 

 Plotidae 



I now proceed to a detailed catalogue of Dr. Steere's collection ; and in this I follow 

 almost entirely the arrangement adopted by Lord Tweeddale, though in some few 

 instances not agreeing with the order of the different families : this, however, is a small 

 matter, my object being to render the present paper as far as possible a supplement to 

 the memoir above mentioned. 



