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-región (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) . to e so C . 114—153

CHAPTER XVI.

SUMMARY OF THE PAST CHANGES AND GENERAL RELATIONS OF THE SEVERAL

REGIONS g to e to g e ‘ e & to to '' . 154—164

PART IV.

GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY: A SYSTEMATIC SKETCH OF THE CHIEF

FAMILIES OF LAND ANIMALS IN THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL RELA-

TIONS.

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)—

Picariae (p. 302)—General Remarks on the Distribution of the Picariae (p. 322)

—Psittaci (p. 324)—General Remarks on the Distribution of the Psittaci

(p. 329)—Columbae (p. 331)—General Remarks on the Distribution of the

Columbae (p. 335)—Gallinae (p. 337)—General Remarks on the Distribution of

Gallinae (p. 344)—Opisthocomi (p. 345)—Accipitres (p. 345)—General Re.

marks on the Distribution of the Accipitres (p. 351)—Grallae (p. 351)—General

Remarks on the Distribution of the Grallae (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) Q © e e e . 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) © & e . . g 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) . g * © e g © e 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)—Cicindelidae (p. 486)—

Carabidae (p. 488)—Lucanidae (p. 492)—Cetoniidae (p. 494)—Buprestidae

(p. 495)—Longicornia (p. 498)—General Observations on the Distribution of

Coleoptera (p. 502) . se to to so ë e o . 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) . & e o . 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

MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. II.

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. Map of the Neotropical Region
Plate XIV. A Brazilian Forest with Characteristic Mammalia .

Plate XV. A Scene on the Upper Amazon, with some Characteristic
Birds

Plate XVI. The Chilian Andes, with Characteristic Animals
Plate XVII. A Scene in Cuba, with Characteristie Animals
Map of the Nearctic Region
Plate XVIII. Scene in California with some Characteristic Birds.
Plate XIX. Thosomanian Prairieswith Characteristic Mammalia

Plate XX. A Canadian Forest with Characteristic Mammalia