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The Regional Colours to occupy the main bulk of the back 
of a book- or pamphlet-case, and the Sub- regional the 
differently coloured label on which the book-title and date 
is lettered (large !); and lower 4 in. or ? in. to be white in ail, 
for the purpose of a minor division—such as the name of a 
country, county, or even parish. 
II. Nearctic REGIon. 
Canadian—Sub-Arctic . colours Brown, with Red label. 
Humid « Hy : " " Green " 
Arid . . . . '"! " Yellow " 
Black " 
But Arctic Circumpolar White with Brown. 
III. Eruiopran RuGion. 
8. African . A 5 . colours Black, with Orange label. 
W. African : : : " " Blue " 
S.W. African . : : " " Red " 
S.E. African. : : " " Yellow 1 
N.E. African. . 4 " " White " 
Arabian. ; : 2 " " Grey(?) 1 
IV. ORIENTAL REGION. 
India and Ceylon : . colours Green, with Red label. 
Burma and Malay . : " " White 1 
Sunda Isles to Wallace’s P 
Tine " " urple " 
Celebes . ; : ; " " Yellow 1 
Philippines . . . " " Brown 1 
V. NEOTROPICAL. 
Antillean . , ; . colours Blue, with Red label. 
Trans-Panamanic : , " " Brown 1 
Andean . é t é " " White " 
Amazonian : 5 : " " Orange 1 
S. Brazilian ) . ; " " Yellow 
Patagonian : 2 : " " Grey " 
The designations of these Sub-regional divisions have 
been altered in later treatments (see Mr W. L. Sclater’s Article 
and Maps). 
1 The latest “to date” exposition of Dr Sclater’s and Mr Wm. Sclater’s views 
are exhibited in a volume recently issued—‘The Geography of Mammals,’ by 
W. L. Sclater and P. L. Sclater. Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner, & Co., 1899. 
