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peculiar to the 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 Prioni- 

 turus 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 Palse- 

 arctic (which are nearly all migratory forms), are Indo-Malayan in character ; but here, 

 again, the Indo-Malayan affinities are mostly generic, and not specific — a result easily 

 explained by the fact that, of the 150 Philippine species belonging to the Rapaces, 

 Picarise, Passeres, and Columbse, 9G are peculiar to the archipelago. 



The table annexed shows that the whole of the Philippine members of the families 

 Psittacidoe, Cuculidce, Bucerotidce, Pittidce, Irenidce, Paridce, Meliphagidw, Nectariniidce, 

 and Bicruridce are peculiar to the archipelago, while the greater proportion of the 

 Strigidce, Picidm, Alcedinidw, Canijiephagidm, Muscicapidw, Brachypodidce, Corvidw, 

 TreronidoB, and Golumbidm are also unknown beyond its limits. 



Table II. — Showing by Families the proportion of Species peculiar to the 



Philippine Islands. 



Number of Number 



Families. Species. peculiar. 



Psittacidae " . . 9 . . . . 9 



Falconidse 15 .... 4 



Strigidse 4 .... 3 



Picidae 6 .... 5 



Trogonidfe I .... I 



Meropidae 2 .... I 



Coraciidse 1 .... 



AlcedinidsB 13 .... 7 



Capitonidse 2 .... 



Cypselidse 2 .... 1 



Caprimulgidse 3 .... 3 



Cucididae 9 .... 9 



Bucerotidse 4 .... 4 



Laniidae' 3 .... 1 



Artamidse 1 .... 



Campephagidae 6 .... 4 



Dicruridae 2 .... 2 



Muscicapidae 6 .... 4 



Hinmdinidse 2 .... 



Oriolidae 2 .... 2 



Turdidffi 2 .... 



Pittid* . . . . ■ 2 .... 2 



Crateropodidae 2 .... 



