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ISLAND LIFE. 



[part II. 



First Series. Second Series. 



Very distinot Species. Representative Speck 



Sylviid^ (Warblers). 



27. Abrornis schwaneri. 



28. Prinia superciliaris. 

 2.9. Calamodyta dorise. 

 3U. Kittacincla stricklandi. 



25. Orthotomus borneonensis. 



26. Kittacincla suavis. 



CoRviD^ (Crows and Jays). 



I 27. Dendrocitta cinerascens. 

 I 28. Platysmurus aterrimus. 



Alaudid.e (Larks). 



31. Mirafra borneensis, | 



Ploceid^ (Weaver, Finches). 



32. Munia fuscans. ( 



Phasianid^ (Pheasants). 



(33. Polyplectron emphaniim, I. of 

 Palawan.) 



34. P. schleiermacheri. 



35. Lobiophasis bulweri. 



36. „ castaneicauda. 



29. Argusianas grayi. 



30. Euplocamus nobilis. 



31. „ pyronotus. 



KALLTDiE (Kails). 



37. Rallina rufigenis. | 



TETRAONiDiE (Partridges &c.). 



38. Hematortyx sanguiniceps. I 



39. Bambnsicola hyperythra. | 



Representative forms of the same character as these are 

 no doubt found in ail extensive continental areas, but they are 

 rarely so numerous. Thus in Mr. Elwes' paper on the " Distri- 

 bution of Asiatic Birds," he states that 12'5 per cent, of the land 

 birds of Burmah and Tenasserim are peculiar species, whereas we 

 find that in Borneo they are about 20 per cent., and the difference 

 may fairly be imputed to the greater proportion of slightly 

 modified representative species due to a period of complete 

 isolation. Of peculiar genera, the Indo-Chinese Peninsula has 

 one — Ampeliceps, a remarkable yellow-crowned starling, with 

 bare pink-coloured orbits; while two others, Temnurus and 

 Crypsirhina — singular birds allied to the jays — are found in 

 no other part of the Asiatic continent though they occur in 

 some of the Malay Islands. Borneo has three peculiar genera, 

 Schwaneria, a flycatcher ; Hematortyx, a crested partridge ; and 

 Lobiophasis, a pheasant hardly distinct from Euplocamus ; while 



