1873.] 



LORD WALDEN ON PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



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Celebes, the Philippine archipelago is the least rich in Indian 

 genera and species of all the subareas of the Indian region ; while, 

 like Celebes, it is stamped with a marked Papuan character by the 

 presence of Cacatua and Megapodius, and by its richness in members 

 of the Psittacidce, Alcedinidce, and Columbidce. 



" A glance at the table below will show the dearth existing in the 

 Philippines of Indo-Malayan forms. Nine of these absent genera 

 occur in Celebes, while the remaining sixty genera are wanting in 

 both areas. On the other hand, thirty Indo-Malayan genera wanting 

 in Celebes occur in the Philippines. 



" Table showing the principal Indo-Malayan Genera wanting in the 

 Philippines. — NB. Those occurring also in Celebes are marked 

 with an asterisk. 



*Polioaetus. 

 *Neopus. 



Ketvpa. 



Bulaca. 



Phodilus. 



Batrachostomus. 



Eurylaimus. 



Psarisotnus. 



Cory don. 



Cymbirhynchus. 



Calyptomena. 



Nyctio/uis. 



Chalcoparia. 

 * Anthreptes. 

 *2Ethopyga. 

 * Arachnothera. 

 *Prionochilus. 

 * Geocichla. 



Brachypteryx. 

 *Trichastoma. 



Mixornis. 



Malacopteron. 



Macronus. 



Alcippe. 

 Timalia. 

 Garrulax. 

 Pomatorhinus. 

 Pteruthius. 

 Analcipus. 

 Myiophonns. 

 Phyllornis. 

 lor a. 



Brachypodius . 

 Iole. 

 Criniger. 

 Enicurus. 

 Platylophus. 

 Tephrodornis. 

 Buchanga. 

 Dissemurus. 

 Chaptia. 

 Bhringa. 

 Hemipus. 

 Tchitrea. 

 *Myiolestes. 

 Cissa. 



Temnurus. 



Bendrocitta. 



Crypsirhina. 



Eulabes. 



Ploceus. 



Mirafra. 



Palceornis. 



Megalaima. 



Meiglyptes. 



Hemicircus. 



Micropternus. 



Chrysophlegma. 



Tiga. 



Sasia. 



Dendrophila. 



Rhopodytes. 



Coccystes. 



Peloperdix. 



Perdicula. 



Pavo. 



Argvsianus. 



Polyplectron. 



Euplocamus. 



"The number of species peculiar to the Philippine archipelago, 

 namely 107, amounts to nearly half of the total of known Philippine 

 birds. This proportion is considerably less in the island of Celebes, 

 where, out of a known total of 205 species, 73 only are peculiar to 

 that island. Not one single species is common to the Philippines 

 and Celebes which does not at the same time possess a more 

 extended range ; and Prioniturus is the only genus which is common 

 to the two areas and unknown to extend beyond. The Papuan 

 affinities of the Philippine ornis are only generic ; for no Philippine 

 species with a Papuan range occurs which does not also range into 

 other areas. On the other hand, the great bulk of Philippine 

 birds, exclusive of the Palaearctie, which are nearly all migratory 



