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14. Sunda district : region of the Serpents and Bats. 



15. Australia : region of the Marsupials, the Monotremata, and Honey-sucking Birds. 



16. Central America : region of the Land-crabs. 



17. Brazil: region of the Edentata and the Platyrrhine Monkeys. 



18. The Peruvian and Chilian district : countrj"^ of Lamas and Condors. 



19. Pampas. Region of the Lagostomidns and Harpalidae. 



20. Patagonia : region of the Giianaco and the Rhea. 



21. Poh^lesia : region of the Npnphalidao and Apteryx.* 



His Marine regions are, — 



1. The ^^jctic Sea : region of marine mammals and Amphijjoda. 



2. Antarctic Sea : region of marine mammals and the Impennes. 



3. North- Atlantic Ocean : region of Cod and Herring. 



4. South-Euroj^ean, Mediterranean : region of Labridae. 



5. Northern Pacific Ocean : region of Cataphractidae. 



6. Tropical part of Atlantic Ocean : region of the Manatee, the Plcctognathidas, and Ptcropoda. 



7. Indian Ocean : region of the Hj^drida; and Bucciiiidoe. 



8. Tropical Pacific Ocean : region of Corals and Holothuridae. 



9. Southern part of Atlantic Ocean. 

 10. Southern part of Pacific Ocean.* 



Dr. Sclater's well-known plan of distribution of birds is as foUows : — 



1. Pala-arctic region : including Africa north of the Atlas, Europe, Asia Minor, Persia, and 

 Asia generall)' north of the Himmalayan range, vipper part of the Himmalaj'an range, northern 

 China, Japan, and the Aleutian Islands. 



2. Ethiopian, or western Palaeotropical region : including Africa south of the Atlas range, 

 Madagascar, Bourbon, Mauritius, Socotra, and probablj' Arabia ujj to the Persian Gulf, south of 

 30° north latitude. 



3. Indian, or middle Palaiarctic region : including India and Asia generally south of tlie 

 Ilimmalayahs, Ceylon, Bunnah, Malacca, and southern China, Philippines, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, 

 and adjacent islands. 



4. Australian, or western Palasotropical region : including Papua and adjacent islands, Aus- 

 tralia, Tasmania, and Pacific Islands. 



5. Nearctic, or North American region : including Greenland and North America down to 

 the centre of Mexico. 



6. Neotropical, or South American region : including the West India Islands, Southern ilexico, 

 Central America, and whole of South America, Galapagos Islands, and Falldand Islands.f 



Mr. 'Wallace adopts Dr. Sclater's ideas generally regarding the distribution of birds;* and 

 Dr. Gunther's views upon the distribution of reptiles are also merely a corroboration or adoption 

 of the same. 



* ScHMARDA, " Geographische Yerbreitung derthiere," t Wallace in "Ibis," October, IS.'jO ; in "Journal 



1853. Proc. Linn. See," Feb. 1860; in "Nat. Hist. Keview," 



t ScLATER, in "Proceedings Linn. Soc," vol. ii. p. 130. Jan. 1SG4. 

 1857. 



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