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Show 1871.] VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIRDS OF CELEBES. 331 been described as possessing a Celebean origin which most assuredly do not occur in the island. " To give a clear idea of the geographical relation of the Celebean avifauna I have thrown its one hundred and forty-nine genera into tables, and classed them according to the regions and subregions they may be said to belong to. The geographical character of a genus has been determined according to the area which possesses the preponderating number of species. Thus Artamus is classed as an Australian genus, because at least thirteen species of it occur within the Australian region, while one only is peculiar to the Indian ; Arachnothera as an Indian genus, although one species is found in New Guinea. " By means of these tables it will be seen that thirty-eight Indian genera occur in Celebes ; of these, three are peculiarly Indo-Malayan. " TABLE I.-Showing the Indian genera found in Celebes.- N.B. Those peculiar to the Indo-Malayan subregion are marked with an asterisk. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. *13. Poliornis. Spilornis. Polioaetus. Limnaetus. Neopus. Lophospiza. Hierax. Ephialtes. Loriculus. Yungipicus. Mulleripicus. Phcenicophceus. Centrococcyx. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. *26. Craniorrhinus. Lyncornis. Pelargopsis. Callialcyon. Geocichla. Broderipus. Trichostoma. Cyornis. Myiolestes. Hypothymis. JEthopyga. Nectarophila. Anthreptes. 27. 28. 29. *30. 31. *32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Arachnechthra Dicceum. Arachnothera. Prionochilus. Munia. Padda. Acridotheres. Sturnia. Osmotreron. Gallus. Erythra. Rallina. " The next table consists of the twenty-three Australian genera which are also Celebean. Two of these appear to be peculiar to the Australian subregionj; of the remainder some are Papuan, and some extend into the Polynesian subregion. "TABLE II.-Showing the Australian genera found in Celebes.- N.B. Those belonging especially to the Australian subregion are marked with a dagger (f); to the Papuan § with an asterisk (*). Dicrurus. 17. Artamus. *18. Graucalus. *19. Lalage. *20. Chalcostetha. *21. Zoncenas. 22. Turaccena. -f 23. Calcenas. *1. *2. 3. *4. 5. 6. 7. f8. Teraspiza. Erythrospiza. Cacatua. Tanygnathus. Trichoglossus. Sauropatis. Collocalia. Scythrops. *9. 10. 11. 12. *13. *14. *15. *16. Phlegcenas. Myristicivora. Lamprotreron. lotreron. Leucotreron. Megapodius. Hydralector. \ Conf. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 125. § The Papuan Dicruri are generically separable. |