18/1. J MR. R, SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA, 33/ 



not sufficient to enable us to determine the degree of relationship 

 between the avifauna of the Philippine and Celebean areas. 



"The absence of the two genera Oriniger and Rhipidura in 

 Celebes constitutes one of the many peculiarities of its ornis Cri- 

 mper, represented in the neighbouring Sula Islands by a peculiar 

 species, possesses other representatives in many of the Moluccan 

 islands and throughout the Indo- Malayan subregion. 



"Rhipidura is still more widely and largely represented in the 

 whole Australian region, and in the Indo-Malayan subregion, having 

 representatives in all the islands of the Malay archipelago, excepting 

 Celebes and the Sula Islands. ° 



" Then, again, the presence of the two genera Coracias and Muia- 

 lestes is equally remarkable ; for they are both unknown in any part 

 ot the Indo-Malayan region, and only reappear on the mainland of 

 Asia. 



"After rejecting all those species whose Celebean origin does not 

 rest upon the most undoubted authority, I find that the number of 

 birds inhabiting Celebes amounts to, at least, one hundred and 

 ninety-three. Ot this number sixty-five are peculiar to the island, 

 twenty more are found also in the Sula Islands, or the San-hir 

 group, making a total of eighty-five species peculiar to Celebes and 

 the two gronps just mentioned. Of the i emaining one hundred and 

 eight species, fifty-five have Indian affinities (that is, are elsewhere 

 only found in the Indian region as opposed to the Australian), though 

 many extend beyond the limits of the Indian region; fourteen are 

 found m the Australian and not in the Indian region, and twenty- 

 eight are common to both regions ; eight more species seem to be 

 confined to the Moluccan islands ; and three, not included above are 

 doubtfully found beyond Celebes: these are Elanus hypoleucos, 

 hphiultes menadensis, and the Celebean form of Iotreron melano- 

 cephula." 



This paper will be published entire in the Society's ' Transactions.' 



The following papers were read : — 



1. A Revised Catalogue of the Birds of China and its 

 Islands, with Descriptions of New Species, References to 

 former Notes, and occasional Remarks. By Robert 

 Swinhoe, F.Z.S. 



[Eeceived March 15, 1871.] 



1. Gypaetus barbatus, Cuv. ; Ibis, 1867, p. 4 13; P. Z. S. 18/0, 



I have seen in the museum attached to the Catholic Mission at 

 lekin, a Bearded Vulture, procured by Pere Armand David in the 

 mountains west of that city. There is also a specimen of it in the 

 British Museum, marked " China." 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1871, No. XXII. 



