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LONDON:
R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
BREAD STREET HILL.
ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY: A REVIEW OF THE CHIEF FORMS OF
ANIMAL LIFE IN THE SEVERAL REGIONS AND SUB-REGIONS,
WITH THE INDICATIONS THEY AFFORD OF GEOGRAPHICAL MU- TATIONS.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE NEOTROPICAL REGION.
General Zoological Features of the Neotropical Region (p. 5)—Distinctive Charac-“
ters of Neotropical Mammalia (p. 6)—Of Neotropical Birds (p. 7)-Neotropical
Reptiles (p. 9)-Fresh-water Fishes (p. 12)—Insects (p. 13)-Coleoptera (p. 15)
-Land Shells (p. 19)-Marine Shells (p. 20)-Brazilian Sub-region (p. 21)-
Its Mammalia (p. 23)—Its Birds (p. 24)—Islands of Tropical South America,
Galapagos (p. 29)—Chilian Sub-region (p. 36)—Birds (p. 38)-Reptiles and
Amphibia (p. 40)-Fresh-water Fishes (p. 42)-Lepidoptera (p. 42)-Coleoptera
(p. 44)—Islands of South Temperate America (p. 49)—Mexican Sub-region
(p. 51)—Mammalia and Birds (p. 52)-Reptiles and Fishes (p. 54)-Insects
(p. 55)-Relations of the Mexican Sub-region to the North and South American
Continents (p. 57)—Islands of the Mexican Sub-region (p. 59)—The Antillean
Sub-region (p. 60)—Its Mammalia (p. 62)—Its Birds (p. 64)-Table of the
Resident Land Birds of the Antilles (p. 68)-Reptiles (p. 72)-Insects (p. 73)
-Land Shells (p. 75)—Past History of the Antilles (p. 78)—Summary of the
Past History of the Neotropical Region (p. 80)—Table I. Families of Animals
inhabiting the Neotropical Region (p. 85)—Table II. Genera of Terrestrial
Mammalia and Birds of the Neotropical Region (p. 91) . . 1-113
CHAPTER XV.
THE NEARCTIC REGION.
Zoological Characteristics of the Nearctic Region (p. 115)-List of Typical Ne
arctic Genera of Land Birds (p. 118)-Summary of Nearctic Vertebrata (p. 120)
-Insects (p. 122)-Terrestrial and Fluviatile Mollusca (p. 124)-The Califor-
nian Sub-region (p. 127)-The Rocky Mountain Sub-region (p. 129)-The
Alleghany Sub-region (p. 131) -The Bermudas (p. 134)—The Canadian Sub-
region (p. 135)-Greenland (p. 138)-Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting
the Nearctic Region (p. 140)-Table II. Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia and
Birds of the Nearctic Region (p. 145) . 114-153
CHAPTER XVI.
SUMMARY OF THE PAST CHANGES AND GENERAL RELATIONS OF THE SEVERAL
154-164
REGIONS
PART IV.
GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY: A SYSTEMATIC SKETCH OF THE CHIEF
FAMILIES OF LAND ANIMALS IN THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL RELA-
TIONS.
INTRODUCTION
167-169
CHAPTER XVII.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OF MAMMALIA.
Primates (p. 170)-General Remarks on the Distribution of Primates (p. 179)--
Chiroptera (p. 181)-Remarks on the Distribution of Chiroptera (p. 185)—
Insectivora (p. 186)-General Remarks on the Distribution of Insectivora
(p. 191) Carnivora (p. 192)-General Remarks on the Distribution of the
Carnivora (p. 204)-Cetacea (p. 207)—Sirenia (p. 210)—Ungulata (p. 211)—
General Remarks on the Distribution of the Ungulata (p. 226)—Proboscidea
(p. 227)—Hyracoidea (p. 228)—Rodentia (p. 229)—General Remarks on the
Distribution of the Rodentia (p. 243)-Edentata (p. 244)-General Remarks
on the Distribution of the Edentata (p. 247)—Marsupialia (p. 248) – General
Remarks on the Distribution of Marsupialia (p. 253)-Monotremata (p. 253)
170-254
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OF BIRDS.
Passeres (p. 255)--General Remarks on the Distribution of the Passeres (p. 299)—-
Picaria (p. 302)---General Remarks on the Distribution of the Picaria (p. 322)
--Psittaci (p. 324)—General Remarks on the Distribution of the Psittaci
(p. 329) Columbæ (p. 331)-General Remarks on the Distribution of the
Columbæ (p. 335)—Gallinæ (p. 337)-General Remarks on the Distribution of
Gallinæ (p. 344)-Opisthocomi (p. 345)-Accipitres (p. 345)-General Re-
marks on the Distribution of the Accipitres (p. 351)—Grallæ (p. 351)—General
Remarks on the Distribution of the Gralla (p. 362)-Anseres (p. 363)--General
Remarks on the Distribution of the Anseres (p. 367)-Struthiones (p. 368)—
Struthious Birds recently Extinct (p. 369)-General Remarks on the Distri-
bution of the Struthiones (p. 370) 255-371
CHAPTER XIX.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OF REPTILES AND
AMPHIBIA.
Ophidia (p. 372) -General Remarks on the Distribution of Ophidia (p. 386) —
Lacertilia (p. 388)-General Remarks on the Distribution of Lacertilia (p. 403)
-Rhyncocephalina (p. 405)-Crocodilia (p. 405)-General Remarks on the
Distribution of Crocodilia (p. 406)—Chelonia (p. 407)—Remarks on the Dis-
tribution of Chelonia (p. 410)-Amphibia, Pseudophidia (p. 411)—Urodela
(p. 411)-Anura (p. 414)-General Remarks on the Distribution of Amphibia
(p. 422) 372-423
CHAPTER XX.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAMILIES OF FISHES, WITH THE RANGE OF SUCH
GENERA AS INHABIT FRESH WATER.
Acanthopterygii (p. 424)-Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi (p. 437)-Anacan-
thini (p. 439)-Physostomi (p. 441)-Lophobranchii (p. 456)-Plectognathi
(p. 457) Sirenoidei (p. 458)— Ganoidei (p. 458)-Chondropterygii (p. 460)—
Cyclostomata (p. 463)-Leptocardii (p. 464)—Remarks on the Distribution of
Fishes (p. 464)
424--467
CHAPTER XXI.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT FAMILIES AND
GENERA OF INSECTS.
Lepidoptera (p. 470)—General Remarks on the Distribution of the Diurnal Lepi-
doptera and Sphingidea (p. 483)—Coleoptera (p. 486)—Cicindelidæ (p. 486)—
Carabidae (p. 488)-Lucanida (p. 492)-Cetoniidae (p. 494)-Buprestidæ
(p. 495)-Longicornia (p. 498)-General Observations on the Distribution of
Coleoptera (p. 502) 468-503
CHAPTER XXII.
AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MOLLUSCA.
Cephalopoda (p. 505)-Gasteropoda (p. 507)-Pulmonifera (p. 512)—General
Observations on the Distribution of Land Mollusca (p. 522)-Pteropoda
(p. 531)-Brachiopoda (p. 532)-Conchifera (p. 533)-General Remarks on the
Distribution of Marine Mollusca (p. 537) 504-539
CHAPTER XXIII.
SUMMARY OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND LINES OF MIGRATION OF THE SEVERAL
CLASSES OF ANIMALS.
Mammalia (p. 540)-Lines of Migration of the Mammalia (p. 544)-Birds (p. 545)
Reptiles (p. 547)—Amphibia (p. 548)-Fresh-water Fishes (p. 549)—Insects
(p. 550)-Terrestrial Mollusca (p. 551)-Conclusion (p. 552)
.
540-553
GENERAL INDEX
557