590 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Neotropical region, fresh-water fishes of, ii. 12 



summary of vi-rtebrates of, ii. 13 



insects of, ii. 13 



land-shells of, ii. 19 



marine shells of, ii. 20 



summary of past history of, ii. 80 



tables of distribution of animals of, ii. 84 

 Neotropical sub-regions, ii. 21 

 Neoriphiiis, ii. 208 

 Nephaxetes, ii. 320 

 Nepiis, ii. 474 

 NERII'IDjE, ii. 510 

 Neritina, ii. 510 

 Xerophis, ii. 457 

 Nesoceleus, ii. 303 

 Nesocichla, ii. 256 



Nesodon, S. American Pliocene, i. 147 

 Nesomys, ii. 230 

 Nesonetta, ii. 364 

 Nesopsar, ii. 282 

 Nessia, ii. 399 

 Nestor, ii. 329 

 NE8TORID.5;,ii. 329 

 Nettapus, ii. 363 

 Neiisterophis, ii. 376 

 Newberry, Dr., on Cretaceous and Tertiary 



floras of N. America, ii. 165 

 Newton, Professor, on position of MenuruhK 

 and Atrichiida:, i. 95 



on birds of Iceland, i. 198 



on Neotropical sub-regions, ii. 25 



on genus VampUilcemus, ii. 39 



on peculiar genera of Nearctic and Neo- 

 tropical birds, ii. 118 



on family Pannrida, ii. 262 

 Newtonia, ii. 270 

 Newts, ii. 413 



New Caledonia, birds of, i. 444 

 New Guinea, zoology of, i. 409 



mammalia of, i. 410 



birds of, i. 411 



peculiarities of its ornithology, i 413 



illustration of ornithology of, i. 414 



reptiles and amphibia of, i. 415 



insects of, i. 416 

 New Zealand, objections to making a primary 

 zoological region, i. 62 



extinct birds of, i. 164 



sub-region, description of, i. 449 



compared with British Isles, i. 449 



mammalia of, i. 451 



islets of, i. 453 



illustration of ornithology of, i. 455 



reptiles of, i. 456 



amphibia of, i. 457 



fresh- water fish of, i. 457 



insects of, i. 458 



Longicorns of, i. 458 



Jlyriapoda of, i. 458 



land-shells of, i. ib9 



ancient fauna of, i, 460 



origin of fauna of, i. 460 



poverty of insects in, i. 462 



relations of insect-fauna and flora of, i. 472 

 Xicator, ii. 272 

 Nicobar Islands, their zoological relations, 



i. 332 

 Nightingale, migration of the, i. 21 

 Night-jars, ii. 319 

 Xigidius, ii. 493 

 Nigrita, ii. 286 

 Nilaus, ii 272 

 Niltava, ii. 270 

 Ninox, ii. 350 

 Nisaelus, ii. 348 

 NUoides, ii. 348 



Nisaniades, ii. 480 

 NOCTILIONID^, ii. 184 

 Nocturnal tree snakes, ii. 379 

 Nonnula, ii. 311 

 Norbea, ii. 397 



Norfolk Island, birds of, i. 453 

 North Africa, zoological relations of, i. 202 

 North America, remarks on Post-Pliocene, 

 fauna of, i. 130 



Post-Pliocene fauna of, partly derived from 

 S. America, i. 131 



extinct birds of, i. 163 

 Northern Hemisphere, zoological importance 



of, ii. 155 

 NOTACANTHI, ii. 437 

 Notaden, ii. 415 



Notharctos, N. American Tertiary, 1. 133 

 Nothocerus, ii. 344 

 Nothocrax, ii. 343 

 Nothoprocta, ii. 344 

 Nothura, ii. 344 

 NOTIDANIDjE, ii. 461 

 Notiophilus, ii. 489 

 NotodeUi, ii. 259 

 Notoglanis, ii. 443 

 Notonomus, ii. 490 

 NOTOPT BRIDGE, ii. 455 

 Notopholis, ii. 391 

 Notomis of New Zealand, 1. 455 

 Notornis, ii. 362 

 Nototherium, Australian Post -Tertiary, i. 157 



ii. 251 

 Nototrema, ii. 418 

 Notunis, ii. 442 

 Nveifraga, ii 273 

 NUCLE<)-BRANX'HI.\T.\. li .Wl 

 Nucras, ii. 391 

 Numenius, ii. 363 

 NUMIDIN^, ii. 340 

 Numida, ii. 340 

 Nuria, ii. 452 

 Nuthatches, ii. 265 

 Nutria, ii. 199 

 Nyctala, ii. 350 

 Nyctalatinus, ii. 350 

 Nyctalemon, ii. 482 

 Nyctalops, ii. 350 

 Nyctea, ii. 350 

 Nyctereutes, ii. 197 

 Nycteris, ii. 182 

 Nyctibius, ii. 319 

 Nyctlcorax, ii. 359 

 Nyctidromius, ii. 320 

 Nyctiomis, ii. 312 

 Nyctipithecus, ii. 175 

 Nyctiprogne, ii. 320 

 Nymphalis, ii. 474 

 NYMPHALIDiE, ii. 473 

 Nymphiciis, ii. 325 

 Nymphidium, ii. 476 



O. 



Ochetobius, ii. 452 



Ochotherium, in Brazilian caves, i. 145 



ii. 246 

 OchthcBCfi, ii. 100 

 Ochthodicrta, ii. 100 



OHodontid(E, S. American Pliocene, i. 147 

 OCTODONTID^, ii. 237 

 Octodnn, ii. 238 

 OCTOPODIDvE, ii. 505 

 Ocyahis, ii. 282 

 Ocydromvs, ii. 352 

 Ocyphaps, ii, 333 



