114 AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. [CH. II 



Pseudomys, Hapalotis, Hydromys, Acanthomys, 



Echiothrix (Rodents). 

 Malurus, Calamanth/us, Orthonyx, Artamides, Pachy- 



cephala, &c. (Passeres). 

 Scythrops, Rhamphococcyx (Cuckoos). 

 Dacelo, Tanysiptera, Podargus, Aegotheles, &c. 



(Picarians). 

 Calopsitta, Microglossus, Eos, Eclectics, Trichoglossus, 



&c. (Parrots). 

 Turaccena, Calwnas, Otidiphaps, Phaps, Geophaps, 



&c. (Pigeons). 



Talegallus, Megacephalon, Lipoa (Megapodes). 

 Urospiza, Uroaetus, Harpa, Hieracidea, &c. ( Accipi- 



tres). 

 Ocydromus, Tribonyx, Habroptila, Pareudiastes 



(Rallidse). 

 Thinornis, Pedionomus, Anarhynchus. Erythrogonys 



(Charadriidse). 

 Malacorhynchus, Hymenolcemus, Biziura, Cereopsis 



(Anatidae) 1 . 



The family of the Megapodes is as nearly as possible 

 confined to this region, a single species getting as far as the 

 Andamans in the Oriental region ; so too the Cacatuidse 

 which extend beyond it only to the Philippines. Of 

 course the most impressive character of the region is the 

 possession of nearly all the Marsupials ; with the excep- 

 tion of a single family, the Didelphida?, found in North, 



1 The above list contains the peculiar Celebes genera. The relations 

 of this island are extremely doubtful. 



