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... Venezuela and Peru 5 Mexico to Straits of Magellan 13 Mexico to Central Brazil 12 Mexico to S. Brazil 3 Mexico to Chili and Patagonia 2 22. Campylorhynchus 18 23. Cyphorhinus 24. Microcerculus 25. Henicorhina ( Salpinctes ( Catherpes 26 ...
... Venezuela and Peru 5 Mexico to Straits of Magellan 13 Mexico to Central Brazil 12 Mexico to S. Brazil 3 Mexico to Chili and Patagonia 2 22. Campylorhynchus 18 23. Cyphorhinus 24. Microcerculus 25. Henicorhina ( Salpinctes ( Catherpes 26 ...
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... Venezuela to Central America and W. India ... 3 1 5 1 ... 5 Mexico to Columbia 1 Mexico to Veragua 1 ... 48. Helminthophaga 49. Helmintherus 50. Perissoglossa 51. Dendroca 52. Oporornis 53. Geothlypis 54. Setophaga 55. Cardellina 56 ...
... Venezuela to Central America and W. India ... 3 1 5 1 ... 5 Mexico to Columbia 1 Mexico to Veragua 1 ... 48. Helminthophaga 49. Helmintherus 50. Perissoglossa 51. Dendroca 52. Oporornis 53. Geothlypis 54. Setophaga 55. Cardellina 56 ...
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... Venezuela to Paraguay & Bolivia Cuba and Mexico to Chili , Falk- All U. States & Canada land Islands & Tierra del Fuego ... 6 1 Mexico ) 4 Venezuela to La Plata 1 Bolivia and La Plata 1 Guiana and Amazonia 2 Brazil and La Plata 3 ... 4 ...
... Venezuela to Paraguay & Bolivia Cuba and Mexico to Chili , Falk- All U. States & Canada land Islands & Tierra del Fuego ... 6 1 Mexico ) 4 Venezuela to La Plata 1 Bolivia and La Plata 1 Guiana and Amazonia 2 Brazil and La Plata 3 ... 4 ...
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... Venezuela , W. Ecuador , to Bra- zil and Bolivia S. Brazil and Paraguay Mexico to Peru and Bolivia Mexico to S. Brazil and Bolivia Hayti Mexico to S. Brazil East Ecuador Columbia to Peru and Bolivia 20 1 12 1 3 1 17 Mexico to La Plata ...
... Venezuela , W. Ecuador , to Bra- zil and Bolivia S. Brazil and Paraguay Mexico to Peru and Bolivia Mexico to S. Brazil and Bolivia Hayti Mexico to S. Brazil East Ecuador Columbia to Peru and Bolivia 20 1 12 1 3 1 17 Mexico to La Plata ...
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... Venezuela 6 Mexico to Brazil and La Plata Mexico to Bolivia and La Plata W. & Central U. States 1 Ecuador Nearctic , Palæarctic S. & S. Cent . U. States Southern U. States 175. Amaurospiza 2 Costa Rica and Brazil 176. Hedymeles 2 Mexico ...
... Venezuela 6 Mexico to Brazil and La Plata Mexico to Bolivia and La Plata W. & Central U. States 1 Ecuador Nearctic , Palæarctic S. & S. Cent . U. States Southern U. States 175. Amaurospiza 2 Costa Rica and Brazil 176. Hedymeles 2 Mexico ...
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Page 159 - regions, not only now but as far back as we can clearly trace them in the past; and, secondly, of the existing radical diversity of the Australian region from the rest of the Eastern Hemisphere. Owing to the much greater extent of the old
Page 61 - to the great Central American isthmus; yet instead of exhibiting an intermixture of the productions of Florida and Venezuela, they differ widely from both these countries, possessing in some groups a degree of speciality only to be found elsewhere in islands far removed from any continent. They consist of two very large islands, Cuba and
Page 552 - catalogued on a uniform plan, and with a uniform nomenclature, a thoroughly satisfactory account of the Geographical Distribution of Animals will not be possible. But more than this is wanted. Many of the most curious relations between animal forms and their habitats, are entirely unnoticed, owing to the productions of the same locality
Page 553 - harmony of nature, and to a fuller comprehension of the complex relations and mutual interdependence, which link together every animal and vegetable form, with the ever-changing earth which supports them, into one grand organic whole.
Page 9 - the South American continent, its long isolation from the rest of the land surface of the globe, and the persistence through countless ages of all the conditions requisite for the development and increase of varied forms of animal life.
Page 81 - probably formed part of Central America, and may have been united with Yucatan and Honduras in one extensive tropical land. But their separation from the continent ; took place at a remote period, and they have since been broken up into numerous islands, which have probably undergone much submergence in recent times. This has led to that poverty of the higher forms of life, combined
Page 5 - combined with isolation is the predominant feature of Neotropical zoology, and no other region can approach it in the number of its peculiar family and generic types.
Page 342 - islands and sand-banks, and can evidently pass over a few miles of sea with ease; but the Nicobar bird is a very different case, because none of the numerous intervening islands offer a single example of the family. Instead of being a well-marked