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Show 524 LORD WALDEN ON PHILIPPINE BIRDS. [June 3, forms, are Indo-Malayan in character. But here, again, the Indo- Malayan affinities are mostly generic, and not specific-a result easily explained by the fact that, of the 150 Philippine species belonging to the Rapaces, Picarice, Passeres, and Columbce, 95 are peculiar to the archipelago. "The table annexed shows that the whole of the Philippine members of the families Psittacidee, Cuculidae, Bucerotidae, Pittidae, Irenidee, Paridce, Meliphagidee, Nectariniidce, and Dicruridee peculiar to the archipelago, while the greater proportion of the Strigidae, Picidae, Alcedinidae, Campephagidae, Muscicapidee, Brachypodidae, Corvidee, Treronidee, and Columbidae are also unknown beyond its limits. " Table showing by Families the proportion of Species peculiar the Philippine Islands. Number of Number Families. Species. peculiar. Psittacidee 8 8 Falconidee 14 4 Strigidae 4 3 Picidae 6 5 Trogonidee 1 1 Meropidae 2 1 Coracidce 1 0 Alcedinidae 12 7 Capitonidae 2 0 Cypselidae 2 0 Caprimulgidee 3 2 Cuculidae 9 9 Bucerotidae 4 4 Laniidee 3 1 Artamidee I 0 Campephagidae 6 4 Dicruridee 2 2 Muscicapidee 6 4 Hirundinida 2 0 Oriolidae 2 2 Turdidee 2 0 Pittidee 2 2 Crateropodidee 2 0 Irenidee 1 1 Brachypodidae 4 3 Saxicolidee 5 2 Sylviidee 6 4 Motacillidae 3 1 Paridce 1 ' Meliphagidee 1 1 Nectariniidce 4 4 Certhiidee 1 Corvidee 1 |