20 BIEDS. 



to tlie similar parts of the Palaearctic region ; while 45 do not come under any of 

 these heads. Omitting the desert forms as not leading to any just conclusion, 

 it would appear that Sind has less affinity to the Ethiopian region than to the 

 Mediterranean subregion of the Palaearctic. 



In Cutch 115 land birds were mostly migrants, or common Indian species of 

 wide range. 



Near Goona Dr. King observed 116 species of land birds, and more recently 

 Mr. Adam noticed 171 species of land birds around the Sambhur Lake in its 

 western portion. 



In Oudh Colonel Irby obtained 108 species of land birds, but of these 23 were 

 found only on the hills of Kumaon. 



For the Central Provinces 1 90 species of land birds are enumerated, of which 

 38 have a very wide range, 57 belong to widely ranging genera, but are almost 

 confined to India, 37 to genera common to tropical Africa and India, 8 to genera 

 of Ethiopian type, and 53 to purely Indian genera. 



In the Deccan there are 150 species of land birds, of which about 105 belong 

 to genera common to the Himalayan and Malayan subregions, 27 to Himalayan 

 but not Malayan genera, 30 to genera having Ethiopian or Palaearctic affinity, 

 and the rest to widely ranging genera, or to genera peculiar to the Indian sul> 

 region. 



The avifauna of Southern India seems to be small relatively to the extent and 

 variety of the country, and most of its peculiar species are said to have a con- 

 siderable range of latitude, though some, which are restricted to the highest hills, 

 are only found to the southward of lat. 12° N., where several mountain ranges 

 reach the height of 8,000 feet. 



For Ceylon the list numbers 323 species, of which 224 are land birds, and an 

 analysis shows that, though 37 species are peculiar, only 4 belong to genera not 

 found in S. India, 22 belong to genera inhabiting the Himalaya but not the 

 Malayan subregion, and only 6 to the Malayan but not Himalayan genera, while 

 l4 are members of genera only found in India. 



(c) The Malayan subregion, or that portion of the Indian region S. of Tenas- 

 serim, with the Philippine and Sunda Islands, but excluding Celebes and islands 

 east of Bali Strait (Wallace's Line). 



This subregion is distinguished by some striking and interesting approximation 

 to the bird fauna of the Australian region. Thus in the Philippines we have 

 a Cockatoo of the Australian genus Gacatua, and there, as well as in the Nicobar 

 Islands and Borneo, the Australian mound-building Megapodius is met with. 

 Hornbills are very characteristic of the subregion, as is likewise the Argus 

 Pheasant, which is, however, also found in Siam. More than 36 genera are 

 peculiar to this subregion. 



In the Philippines Lord Walden enumerates 219 species, of which 150 are 

 land birds; of these 106 species are peculiar to the Archipelago, 96 of them 

 being land birds. 



Borneo has, in common with Malacca and Sumatra, 226 species of land birds ; 

 in common with Java, 149; with the Philippines, 25; with the Indian subregion, 

 53 ; with China, 72 ; and with Celebes, 28. 



To Sumatra not more than 240 species can be assigned, of which about 20 

 appear to be peculiar. 



