598 



GENERAL INDEX. 



PYRAMIDELLIDiE. u. 509 



Pyrameis, ii. 474 



Pyranga, ii. 98 



Pyrenestes, ii. 286 



Pyrgisoma, ii. 284 



Pyrgihi, ii. 284 



PyrigUna, ii. 104 



Pyrcxxphalus, ii. 101, 291 



Pyroderus, ii. 103 



Pyromelana, ii. 286 



Pyropkthalma, ii. 259 



Pyrrhocoma, ii. 99 



Pyrrhospiza, ii. 285 



Pyrrhula, ii. 285 



Pyrrhulniida, ii. 289 



Pyrrhulina, ii. 445 



Pyrrhuhpsis, ii. 325 



Pyrrhnloxia, ii. 285 



Pyrrhura, ii. 328 



Pytelia, ii. 287 



Python, ii. 381 



Pythonidce, European Miocene, i. 105 



PYTHONID^, ii. 381 



Pythonodipsas, ii. 379 



PythonopsU, ii. 376 



Pythons, ii. 381 



Pyxicephaltis, ii. 420 



Pi^is, ii. 408 



Q. 



Quadrumana, fossil, ii. 178 

 Quail-snipes, ii. 354 

 Querquedula, ii. 363 

 Qiiemla, ii. 102 

 QuMcaitts, ii. 282 



B. 



Rachis, ii. 524 



Racnon-dog of N. China, 1. 226 



Racoons, ii. 200 



Raia, ii. 462 



RAIID^, ii. 462 



Rail.s, ii. 351 



RALLID/E, ii. 351 



Rallina, ii. 352 



Rallus, ii. 352 



Rana, European Miocene, i. 166 



ii. 420 

 Raniceps, ii. 439 

 RANID^, ii. 420 

 Ranodon, ii. 413 

 Rappia, ii 419 

 Rasimra, ii. 452 

 Rasborkhlhys, ii. 453 

 Rattle-snakes, ii. 384 

 Rays, ii. 462 

 Realia, ii. 521 

 Rectes, ii. 272 

 Recurvirostra, ii. 353 

 Regakciis, ii. 432 



Region, the best term for the primary zoo- 

 logical divisions, i. 68 



Arctic, why not adopted, i. 69 



Palsearctic, defined, i. 71 



PalfRarctic, subdivisions of, i. 71 



Ethiopian, defined, i. 73 



Ethiopian, subdivisions of, i. 73 



Oriental, defined, i. 75 



Oriental, sulxli visions of, i. 75 



Australian, defined, i. 77 



Australian, subdivialons of, i. 77 



Region. Neotropical, defined, i. 78 



Neotropical, subdivisions of, i. 78 



Nearctic, defined, i. 79 



Nearctic, distinct from Pal*arctic, i. 79 



Nearctic, subdivisions of, i. 80 

 Regions, zoological, i. 50 



zoological, how they should be formed, L 

 53 



zoological, may be defined by negative or 

 positive characters, i. 54 



zoological, by what class of animals best 

 determined, i. 56 



for each class of animals, not advisable, 

 i. 58 



zoological, proposed since 1857, i. 58 



zoological, Mr. Sclater's, i. 59 



zoological, discussion of those proposed 

 by various authors, i. 61 



zoological, proportionate richness of, i. 61 



temperate and troi)ical, well marked in 

 northern hemisphere, i. 65 



and zones, table of, i. 66 



comparative richness of, i. 81 



and sub-regi(ms, table of, i. 81 



order of succession of the, i. 173 

 Registoma, ii. 521 

 Reguloides, ii. 258 

 Regulus, iL 258 

 Reinwardtcenaa, ii. 333 

 Reinwardtipieus, ii. 303 

 Keithrodon, ii. 230 

 Representative species, i. 4 

 Reptiles, means of dispersal of, i. 28 



classification of, i. 98 



Miocene of Greece, i. 116 



of Indian Miocene deposits, i. 123 



extinct Tertiary, i. 165 



cosmopolitan groups of, i. 176 



peculiar to Palwarctic region, i. 186 



of Central Europe, i. 195 



of the Mediterranean sub-region, i. 204 



of the Siberian sub-region, i. 220 



of the Manchurian sub-region, i. 227 



table of Palfcarctic families of, i. 236 



of the Ethiopian region, i. 254 



of the E. .\frican sub-region, i. 260 



of W. Africa, i. 264 



S. African, i. 268 



of Madagascar, i. 279 



table of Ethiopian families of, 1. 297 



of the Oriental region, i. 317 



of the Indian sub-region, i. 326 



of Ceylon, i. 327 



of the Indo-Chinese sub-region, i. .331 



of the Indo-Malay sub-region, i. 340 



table of Oriental himilies of, i 368 



of the Australian region, i. 396 



of New Guinea, i. 415 



of the Moluccas, i. 420 



of the Polynesian sub-region, i. 447 



of New Zealand, i. 456 



table of Australian families of, i. 472 



Neotropical, ii. 9 



of S. Temperate America, ii. 40 



of the Mexican sub-region, ii. 54 



of the Antilles, ii. 72 



table of Neotropical families of, ii. 88 



of the Nearctic region, ii. 119 



of Califomia, ii. 128 



of Central N. America, ii. 131 



of Eastern United States, ii. 133 



of Canada, ii. 137 



table of Nearctic families of, ii. 142 



summary and conclusion, ii. 547 

 REPTILIA, ii 372 

 Retroj'inna, ii. 447 



