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ISLAND LIFE 



PAET II 



Birds. — About 490 species of birds are now known to 

 inhabit Borneo, of which 415 species are land-birds.^ One 

 hundred and twenty-six species are supposed to be peculiar 

 to the island, and of these about one-half are either represen- 

 tative species of, or closely allied to birds inhabiting other 

 islands or countries. The majority of these are, as might be 

 expected, allied to species inhabiting the surrounding 

 countries, especialty Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, or Java, 

 a smaller number having their representative forms in the 

 Philippine Islands or Celebes. But there is another group 

 of eight species whose nearest allies are found in such 

 remote lands as Ceylon, North India, Burma, or China. 

 These last have been indicated in the following list by a 

 double star (**), while those which are representative of 

 forms found in the immediately surrounding area, and are 

 in many cases very slightly differentiated from their allies, 

 are indicated by a single star (*). The species in italics 

 belong to genera which are peculiar to Borneo. 



List of Birds which are supposed to be peculiar to Borneo.^ 



Tetraonid^ (Grouse, &c.). 



1. *Rhizothera dulitensis. 



2. Arboricola liyperythra. 



3. Hssmatortyx sanguiniceps. 



4. Caloperdix borneensis. 



Phasianid^ (Pheasants). 



5. Acomus pyronotus. 



6. Lobiophasis bulweri. 



7. Polyplectron schliermacheri. 



8. *Argusianus grayi. 



FALCONiDiE (Hawks, &c.). 



9. *Accipiter rufotibialis. 



10. *Spilorijis raja. 



11. * Baza borneensis. 



12. Microhierax latifrons. 



BuBONiD^ (Owls). 



13. Scops mantananensis. 



14. ,, brookei. 



15. Heteroscops Incise, 



16. *Syrnium leptogrammicum. 



PoDARGiD^ (Frogmouths). 



17. *Batrachostomus minutus. 



18. harterti. 

 Alcedinid^ (Kingfishers). 



19. *Carcineutes melanops. 



Trogonid^ (Trogons). 



20. Harpactes whiteheadi. 



21. ,, diardi. 



22. * dulitensis. 



CucuLiD^ (Cuckoos). 



23. Heterococcyx neglectus. 



24. *Rhopodytes borneensis. 



25. Carpococcyx radiatus. 



Capitonid^ (Barbets). 



26. Calorhamphus fuliginosus. 



^ In the first edition of this work the numbers were 400 and 340, 

 showing the great increase of our knowledge during the last twenty years, 

 chiefly owing to the researches of Mr, A. H, Everett in Sarawak and Mr. 

 John Whitehead in North Borneo and the great mountain Kina Balu. 



2 In this edition the arrangement of the families is greatly altered so as 

 to correspond with the new catalogues of birds in the British Museum so 

 far as published. 



