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ISLAND LIFE. 
[part II. 
First Series. Second Series. 
Very distinct Species. Representative Species. 
SYLVilDiE (Warblers). 
27. Abrornis schwaneri. 
28. Prinia superciliaris. 25. Orfchotomus borneonensis. 
29. Calamodyta dorise. 
30. Kittacincla stricklandi. 26. Kittacincla suavis. 
Corvidae (Crows and Jays). 
I 27. Dendrocitta cinerascens. 
I 28. Platysmurus aterrimus. 
Alaudidje (Larks). 
31. Mirafra borneensis. 
Ploceidje (Weaver Finches). 
32. Munia fuscans. 
(33. Polyplectron emphanum, I. 
Palawan.) 
34. P. schleiermacheri. 
35. Lobiophasis bulweri. 
36. „ castaneicauda. 
Phasianidje (Pheasants). 
of 
29. Argusianus grayi. 
30. Euplocamus nobilis. 
31. „ pyronotus. 
37. Rallina rufigenis. 
Rallidje (Rails). 
Tetraonid^ (Partridges &c.). 
38. Hematortyx sanguiniceps. 
39. Bambusicola hyperythra. 
Representative forms of the same character as these are 
no doubt found in all 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 
