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Show 662 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL [June 17, expect that the fauna of mountains of the interior of Siam, Anam, and Cambodia, of which I am unable to say any thing from want of information, will be found to have the same affinity with the Himalayan fauna. The number of birds recorded from the Tennasserim provinces by Mr. Blyth is about 313. Per cent. Common to India and the Malay peninsula 93 30 Found in India 117 37 Found in the Malay peninsula 56 18 Peculiar to Tennasserim, or Tennasserim and Burmah 47 15 Among the most remarkable of these peculiarities are :- Hierax fringillarius. Pellorneum tickelli, Bl. Anarhinus tickelli, Bl. Turdinus crispifrons. Ampeliceps coronatus (also guttatus. found in Siam). brevicaudatus. Sturnus nigricollis. Hemipus obscurus. Garrulax belangeri, Less. Serilophus lunatus. strepitans, Tickell. Cymbirhyncus affinis. Pteruthius ceralatus, Tickell. Hypsipetes tickelli, Bl. Machlolophus subviridis, Criniger ochraceus, Moore. Tickell. Crocopus viridifrons, Bl. Pomatorhinus albogidaris. Arboricola brunneipectus, Bl. Trochalopteron melanostigma, Bl. ANDAMAN ISLANDS. The birds of the Andamans have been made the subject of so recent and careful a paper by Mr. Ball (' Stray Feathers,' part ii.), that I need not say much about them. Lord Walden has also added a paper in the Ibis, 1873, p. 296, in which he gives it as his opinion that the birds of Andaman resemble in character those of the highlands of peninsular India rather than those of the Malayan or Indo-Chinese countries. I must confess my inability to discern any thing particular of a highland character in the avifauna, which I should have said was rather that of the opposite coast of Pegu. Many genera which are common in Burmah, however, seem wanting here, especially Hornbills, Pittas, Broadbills, and Timaliine birds. This is the more remarkable, as the Andamans seem to be densely clothed with forest, and have a large number of species which are unknown elsewhere. At least a quarter of the land-birds seem to be peculiar to the islands, an unusually large proportion when their situation is considered ; but it is quite probable that some of these may prove to have no constant distinguishing characters. Only two Woodpeckers are found, both peculiar to the islands ; but two species of Graucalus, as well as seven Pigeons and seven Kingfishers, among a total of about 110 species, show that the avifauna of the Andamans is by no means meagre. |
