CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION 1 



List of the Principal Authorities referred to in 



Chapter I. 17 



CHAPTER II 



THE AUSTRALIAN REGION- 

 SECTION I. Boundaries of the Australian Region . 18 

 „ II. General View of the Mammal -fauna of 



the Australian Region .... 19 



„ III. Sub-division of the Australian Region . 21 



„ IV. The Austral Sub-region 22 



„ V. Analysis of the Austral Mammal-fauna . 33 



„ VI. Past History of the Austral Sub-region . 35 



„ VII. The Papuan Sub-region 37 



„ VIII. Analysis of the Papuan Mammal-fauna . 42 



„ IX. The Maorian Sub-region 43 



„ X. The Polynesian Sub-Region .... 48 



„ XI. The Hawaiian Sub-Region .... 49 

 List of the Principal Authorities Referred to in 



Chapter II 50 



CHAPTER III 



THE NEOTROPICAL REGION— 



Section I. Boundaries of the Neotropical Region . 52 

 ., II. General View of the Mammal-fauna of 



the Neotropical Region .... 54 



,. III. Sub-division of the Neotropical Region . 65 



