130 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIRDS 



Number of Number 



Families. Species. peculiar. 



Irenidse 1 .... 1 



Brachjrpodidae 4 .... 3 



Saxicolidse 5 .... 2 



Sylviidse • ... 6 .... 4 



Motacillidae 4 .... 1 



Paridae 1 .... 1 



Meliphagidse 1 .... 1 



Nectariniidae 4 .... 4 



Certhiidse 1 .... 1 



Corvidfe 1 .... 1 



Stumidse 4 .... 3 



FringillidEe 1 .... 



Ploceidffi 4 .... 3 



Ti'eronidse 10 .... 7 



Columbidae 4 .... 3 



Gouridse 4 .... 1 



Phasianidse 1 .... 



Tetraonidse 2 .... 1 



Turnicidse 1 .... 1 



Kollulid* 1 .... 1 



Megapodiidae 1 .... 



Charadriidse 8 .... 



Glareolidse 1 .... 



Gallinulidae 4 .... 1 



EallidiB 8 .... 2 



Paridfe 1 .... 



Scolopacidse 9 .... 



Ardeidse 11 .... 1 



Anatidse 4 .... 2 



Procellariidse 1 .... 



Laridse 5 .... 



Podicipidse 1 .... 1 



Pelecanidse 6 .... 



Plotidse 1 .... 



By the subjoined table (Appendix), showing the geographical distribution of all 

 the known Philippine species, it will be seen that 11 of the genera are peculiar, namely 

 Pseudoptynx, Lasylophus, Lepidogrammus, Penelopides, Psendolalage, Zeocephns, Bhab- 

 dornis, Sarcops, Phaphitreron, Ptilocolpa, and Amaurorms. 



It will be further observed that the precise habitat of 57 Philippine birds remains 

 still unrecorded, and that out of the total number of Philippine species 91 are recorded 

 from Luzon alone. Of the 102 species known to inhabit other islands of the archipelago, 

 40 possess also a Luzon habitat. If we assume, which we may fairly do, that the 57 



