CONTENTS. 

 CHAPTER I. 



THE GENERAL FACTS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. 



Introductory, p. 1. Locality and Station, 5. Cosmopolitan 

 groups, 8. Restricted groups, 10. The meaning of a restricted 

 distribution, 12. Discontinuous distribution, 15. Separate areas of 

 the species of a genus, 18. Distribution of Rhea, 19. Distribution 

 of Ibexes, 20. Distribution of the Cassowaries, 23. Classification 

 and Distribution, 25. Distribution of the Gallinaceous birds, 26. 

 Distribution of the Edentata, 31. Distribution of the Cuckoos, 35. 

 Distribution of Chelonia, 38. Distribution of Lizards, 40. Distribu- 

 tion of Crocodiles, 43. Distribution of Snakes, 46. Distribution of 

 Batrachia, 47. Distribution of Scorpions, 49. Distribution of Land 

 Planarians, 53. Distribution of Earthworms, 57. 



CHAPTER II. 



ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY. 



Mr Sclater's regions, 72. Mr Huxley's regions, 75. Other sug- 

 gested regions, 76. Mr Sclater's regions the most convenient, 78. 

 The six Zoological regions of Mr Sclater, 88. The Palsearctic 

 region, 88. The Nearctic region, 93. The Ethiopian region, 98. 

 The Oriental region, 102. The Neotropical region, 107. The 

 Australian region, 113. Some graphic methods of presenting the 

 facts of Distribution, 118. 



CHAPTER III. 



THE CAUSES WHICH INFLUENCE THE DISTRIBUTION 



OF ANIMALS. 



Distribution not dependent upon temperature, 124. Distribu- 

 tion of Crustacean Arcturus as illustrative of connection between 

 range and temperature, 125. The country inhabited by an animal 



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