as shown in the following table, winch includes all the species recorded
since the publication of the first volume, so far as they are known
to m e :—
Genera. Species.
Vol. I.] Sub-Class S A U R U R .® 1 2
Sub-Class PAL.dEOGRATHiE.
Order I. R h e ifo rm e s e tc 21 109
„ IT. T inamiformes ................. 9 79
Sub-Class NEOGNATELE.
Order I . Galliformes 101 615
„ I I . T urniciformes 2 - 29
„ I I I . P tero c l id ifo rm e s ......... 3 30
„ ■ IV. Co l um b ifo rm e s ......... 94 650
„ - V. Opisthocomtformes . . . . . . 1 1
„ VI. R a llifo rmes 66 275
„ V II. PODICIFEDIFORMES..... 7 30
„ V I I I . COLYMBIFORMES . . . 2 8
„ IX . H esfero rn ith ifo rme s . . . . 11 12
„ X. Sph en isc ifo rm e s . . ......... 10 31
„ X I. P rocellariiformes............ 27 133
„ X I I . A lciformes 15 34
„ X I I I . L ariformes 24 142
„ X IV . Charad riifo rmes 119 33-3
„ XV. Grttiformes 18 55
„ X V I. St er eornith es 10 19
„ X V II. A r d e if o r m e s ................... ... 82 206
„ X V II I. P alamed e ifo rm e s ..... 2 3
„ X IX . P hcenicopteriformes . . . . 7 23 „ XX. A n s e r i f o rm e s 79 277
„ X X I. Gastornithiformes . . . . . . 5 7
„ X X II. ICHTHYORNITHIFORMES . . . . 5 13
„ X X II I. P elecaniformes 12 122
„ X X IV . Cathartiformf.s 6 12
„ XXV. A c cip itrifo rm e s 94 598
„ X X V I. S t r ig ifo rm e s ............... 32 413
865 4261
Of Vol. I I . of the ‘ Hand-list,’ which contains the Parrots and
Picarian Birds, Sir Bay Lankester gives th e estimate, in 1900, as
follows :—
Genera 454; Species 2861.
I believe that some mistake must have been made in the number
of genera, as I estimate the number of genera a t the present time to be
449, and the species 3099, as shown by the following Table :—
Genera. Species.
V o l . II.] Order XXVII. P s i t t a c i f o r m e s .................... 83 625
„ XXVIII. CORACDEFORMES .
Sub-Order 1. Steatornitbes • ............ 1 2
„ 2. Podargi 3 34
„ 3. Leptosomati........................ 1 2
,, 4. Coracise................................. 7 37
,, 5. Halcyones ................. 20 2-36
„ 6. B u c e ro te s....................... 21 87
„ 7. Up u p a e ................................. 4 32
„ 8. Meropes................................. 5 47
„ 9. Momoti................................. 7 27
„ 10. Todi 1 5
„ 11. Caprimulgi ........................ 21 144
„ 12. C y p se li............................ 10 118
„ 13. T re ch ili................................ 118 590
„ 14. C o l i i ..................................... 2 17
Order XXIX. T r o g o n e s ................................ 10 61
„ XXX. C o c c y g e s 53 194
„ XXXI. S c a n s o r e s 29 258
„ XXXII. P i c i f o r m e s 53 583
449 3099