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(Humming birds), Cotingidse (Chatterers), Coerebidse 

 (Sugar birds). 



VI. The Australian region. 



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The Australian region consists, as its name denotes, of 

 the Australian island-continent ; it also embraces the 

 island of New Zealand to the east and various small 

 scattered islands in the neighbourhood of this. The 

 islands of the Pacific lying to the north and to the east of 

 Australia also are referable to the same region, as are the 

 great islands of New Guinea, and probably Celebes. The 

 chain of East Indies beginning with Java is partly 

 Oriental and partly Australian ; the division between the 

 two often spoken of as " Wallace's line " lies between the 

 islands of Bali and Lombok. 



One order, the Monotremata, is peculiar to this region. 



Families peculiar to the Australian region. 



Dasyuridce, Mynnecobiidce, Pemmelidce, Macropo- 



didce, Ph alangistidce, Ph ascolomyidcu (Marsupials). 

 Paradiseidce, Meliphagidce, Drepanididcv, Menuridce, 



Atrichiidce (Passeres). 

 Platycercidcv, Trichoglossidce, Nestoridce, Stringopidce 



(Parrots). 



Didunculidw (Pigeons). 

 Rhinochetidw (Grallas). 

 Casuariidce, Apterygiidce (Struthiones). 



Oenera peculiar to the region. 



Ht/poderma, Notopteris, Mystacina (Bats). 

 Bctbyrussa (Pigs). 

 Anoa (Bovidae). 



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