52 Mcn'iaiii — (jcofiraphlr Dhlributlon of Life. 



not reach ( aiuula, amonii- which are quails, turkeys, doves of 

 several genera, vultures, caracaras, kites, barn and burrowing 

 owls, parrots, anis, ivorv-ltilled woodpeckers, chuck-wills-widows, 

 cardinals, blue grosbeaks, yellow-breasted chats, mocking birds, 

 and others. * 



Thirty out of the al)ove ^17 genera breed also in the M'est 

 Indies. 



No less tlian nine Trojncal Anierican genera of l;)irds inhal)it 

 the subtropical belt of Florida, namely, Zenaida, Geotnjyun, 

 Sluni<va<i><, RustrJiaina.s, Pohihonix, Crotuphnf/d. Eaetlicla, Odli- 

 (■/icli(h>ii, and Carehd. The following Antillean species and sub- 

 species occur in the same area and are not known from any 

 point further north: Golhws rir(jlnl(iiu's cuhanensh, Colnmba 

 Icacocephiila, Zenaida zenaida, Gcotrygon inartinica, Starncenas 

 njanocephala , Bodrhamvs soriahUis, Falco dominicensis, Speotyto 

 rirnicidaria fioridana, Poii/horns clierivay, Crotophaga ani, Coccyzii.^ 

 minor nioi/nordi, Agclainx jjhdnirens hrijaidt, Eaetheia bicolor, 

 Eio'tJicia canora, Progne nyptoleuca, Petrochelidon flava, Calli- 

 chelidov, cyanmnridis, Vireo <df/h)(iini.s barbatidus, Ccereba. baha- 

 mensis. In addition to these si)ecies, the following are restricted, 

 so far as known, to southern Florida : Mneogris gallopavo osceobi, 

 ChordcUcs virginianas rhopiiioni, Cyanucifta eriMata florincola, 

 Ammod.ramio<i nigreseen-s, \'irco nnreixiracends waynardi, Geo- 

 thlypis (rirhax ignofa, Pliryolhnrns hidm-icianas miamensis, Ois- 

 tothorn.s iiinriaiui\ Sitta rarolnu'ii-^i-^ atkin-'<i. 



That there are corresponding differences among insects is 

 evident from an im})ortant ])aper l)y "Sh: E. A. Schwarz on 

 the Insect Fauna of Semitropical Florida. Mr. Schwarz states : 

 " T have come to the conclusion that it [the semitropical fauna 

 of Florida] is entirely of West Indian origin, and that the region 

 I shall hereafter circumscril)e as Semitropical Florida does not 

 contain any endemic forms. In other words, the distinctive 

 fauna of southern Florida is a permanent colony of ^^'est 

 Indian forms, much more numerous in species than it has 



"The followinij: :)7 genera of l>ir(l< breed in Florida, but none of tlieni 

 range north to "frigid Canada," though oO out of the o7 are known 

 to l)reed in the West Indies: C'llhni.s, Mdcagris, (Jolumha, Zenaidnra, 

 Zi'iKtida, ('<>ljinihl(/<ilHii((, (rcotrjiijoii, Stdriia'iim, (Mharfes, Catharista, Elanoi- 

 (Icx, Eldimx, /rlliiid. J^ostrlKiiiiiiK, Poh/Jiortix, Strix; Spmti/io, Conurus, Cro- 

 l(>l>li<ii/(i, <_'(iiii}>i'j)hlhis, Aiifr(M()iiinK, ApJidocoiiiit, Irtcrux, Peuciva, Pipllo, 

 ('ardiii(i/l>i, (Uumcd, Kuctliri'i, Ccrlliiold, J'rolniiofaria, Ilelinaia, Helmithems, 

 Ictcriu, Mimu><, Hdrpdrhi/nclidx, Tlir/idlldirux, PoUopilld. 



