12 A FIRST LIST OP THE 



Everyone who has tried to arrange as regards distribution a large 

 number of species like this into a few classes must be well 

 aware of the difficulty one experiences in dealing with par- 

 ticular species, which, happening to have a peculiar sphere or 

 range of their own, do not very appropriately fall within any one 

 of the classes chosen. 



Thus, amongst the large number of species that under our 

 definition are classed as Indian, the following, for instance, 

 might doubtless be more properly classed as Indo-Burmese : 

 Chrysopldegma c/tlorolojj/ius, Microptermis phaioceps, Bringa 

 tectirostris, Megalama Hodgsoni, Dic&um cruentatum, Erythro- 

 sterna leucura, Pomatorhinus sckisticejjs. But of all these the 

 area of distribution on the continent of India overpasses, in 

 most cases considerably, the limits assigned for Class I, limits 

 which, despite these exceptions, are natural, and do represent those 

 of the large majority of true Indo-Burmese species. 



It is not necessary to give any separate list of the birds 

 included in Class II — that includes all not contained in the three 

 others ; but of those comprised in each of the latter an enumer- 

 ation must be given in order to enable my readers to judge for 

 themselves how far I have correctly assigned its place to each. 

 If they differ on this point, they can then easily correct my 

 figures for themselves. 



First, then, we have the so-called Indo-Burmese birds (as 

 defined above), some of which however, extending as they do to 

 Malasia, China, Central Asia, and Siberia, are only Indo- 

 Burmese quoad our Indian Empire. 



20.— Microhierax cserulescens, Lin. 

 45 his. — Buteo japonicus, Schl. 

 62 — Phodilus nepalensis, Gray* 

 82 bis.— Hirundo Tytleri, Jerd. 

 102 bis. — Cypselus infumatus, Sclater. 

 116.— Harpactes Hodgsoni, Gould. 

 124.— Coracias affinis, McClell. 

 138.— Psarisomus Dalhousise, Jameson. 

 149 bis.— Palseornis bengalensis, Gm. 

 152— Palseornis fasciatus, Mull. 

 168.— Mulleripicus gutturalis, Valenc 

 173.— Chrysophlegma flavinucha, Gould. 



* Tt is, however, still uncertain whether the Pegu bird is identical with the 

 Nepalese or Malayan race or species. 



