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LONDON:
R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
BREAD STREET HILL.

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 MUTATIONS.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE NEOTROPICAL REGION.
General Zoological Features of the Neotropical Region (p. [5])—Distinctive Characters 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 Nearctic Genera of Land Birds (p. [118])—Summary of Nearctic Vertebrata (p. [120])—Insects (p. [122])—Terrestrial and Fluviatile Mollusca (p. [124])—The Californian 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 REGIONS
PART IV.
GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY: A SYSTEMATIC SKETCH OF THE CHIEF FAMILIES OF LAND ANIMALS IN THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL RELATIONS.
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 XVII.

THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAMILIES AND GENERA OF BIRDS.
Passeres (p. [255])—General Remarks on the Distribution of the Passeres (p. [299])—Picariæ (p. [302])—General Remarks on the Distribution of the Picariæ (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 Remarks on the Distribution of the Accipitres (p. [351])—Grallæ (p. [351])—General Remarks on the Distribution of the Grallæ (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 Distribution 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 Distribution 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])—Anacanthini (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 Lepidoptera and Sphingidea (p. [483])—Coleoptera (p. [486])—Cicindelidæ (p. [486])—Carabidæ (p. [488])—Lucanidæ (p. [492])—Cetoniidæ (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]

MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. II.

To face page
1.Map of the Neotropical Region[3]
2.PlateXIV.A Brazilian Forest with Characteristic Mammalia[24]
3.PlateXV.A Scene on the Upper Amazon, with some Characteristic Birds[28]
4.PlateXVI.The Chilian Andes, with Characteristic Animals[40]
5.PlateXVII.A Scene in Cuba, with Characteristic Animals[67]
6.Map of the Nearctic Region[115]
7.PlateXVIII.Scene in California with some Characteristic Birds[128]
8.PlateXIX.The North American Prairies with Characteristic Mammalia[130]
9.PlateXX.A Canadian Forest with Characteristic Mammalia[136]

ERRATA IN VOL. II.

As in Vol. I. mis-spellings are not given here, being mostly corrected in the Index.

Page[111], No. 642, for 1 read 2.
"[111], No. 643, for 15 read 9.
"[267], line 7, add Borneo.
"[276], line 10, for 16 Genera read 11 Genera.
"2"6 8 lines from foot, for Drepanornis read Neodrepanis.
"[291], 5 lines from foot, for Sayornis read Empidias.

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