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ON THE ZOOLOGICAL POSITION OF TEXAS. 



jDared. Some species which are found throughout the Ii^earctic realm 

 {Felis concolor) are omitted; so, also, some whose range in Texas is in- 

 sufficiently known.* 



The following conclusions may be drawn from the inspection of the 

 preceding tables. Of the twenty-two species of the extreme southwest 

 of the State, nine are found in Mexico, and six belong to the Austrori- 

 parian district of the Nearctic realm. Eight of the species are also 

 found in the eastern portion of Texas, represented in column three; six 

 only are distributed over the pleateau region. But five species are 



* The species of tlie Plains are considered later. 



