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THE GEOGRAPHICAL
DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS.
VOL. II.
142
DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS
WITH A STUDY OF
THE RELATIONS OF LIVING AND EXTINCT FAUNAS
AS ELUCIDATING THE
PAST CHANGES OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE.
BY
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE,
AUTHOR OF "THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO," ETC,
WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOLUME II.
London:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1876.
[The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved.]
LONDON:
R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
BREAD STREET HILL.
7/12/48 Pura
W15 1.2
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CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
PART III. (continued).
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)
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