CHAPTER III 



THEIR DISTRIBUTION IN SPACE 



The geographical distribution of birds — Views of Sclater, 

 Huxley, and Wallace — Dr. Sclater's Zoological Regions 

 — The Palsearctic Region : its characteristic birds — 

 The Ethiopian Region : its characteristic birds — The 

 Indian or Oriental Region : its characteristic birds — 

 The Australian Region : its characteristic birds — The 

 Nearctic Region : its characteristic birds — The Neo- 

 tropical Region : its characteristic birds — Distribution 

 of the Moas and Rocs — Distribution of Ratitae birds — 

 Distribution of Carinatse birds — The Tinamous — The 

 Penguins — The Divers and Grebes — The Petrels — The 

 Herons, Storks, Spoonbills, and Ibises — The Tropic 

 Birds, Gannets, Cormorants, Pelicans, Darters, and 

 Frigate Birds — The Screamers, Flamingoes — Swans, 

 Geese, Ducks, and Mergansers — The Finfoots and 

 Rails — The Cranes, Trumpeters, Seriemas, and Sun 

 Bitterns — The Game Birds — The Sand-Grouse— The 

 Pigeons — The Plovers and Snipes, &c. — The Gulls, 

 Terns, Skuas— The Auks— The Birds of Prey— The 

 Coraciiformes — The Parrots — The Cuckoos and Plan- 

 tain-Eaters — The Passeriformes, or Perching Birds. 



In the two previous chapters we have dealt with 



the Origin and Salient Characteristics of Birds, 



and with the chief groups or orders into which 



they are divided. Naturally we come next to 



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