50 THE GEOGRAPHY OF MAMMALS 



idea upon this subject when Mr. Scott Wilson's new work 

 on the Hawaiian Avifauna (16), now in process of issue, 

 has been brought to a conclusion. 



As is the case Wvith the Birds, so with the Land- 

 shells, which have been carefully studied by the Rev. 

 J. T. Gulick, a wonderful specialisation is found in the 

 Hawaiian fauna. 



There are, therefore, ample grounds for making a 

 separate Sub-region for this remote island group, not- 

 withstanding its small size and the complete absence of 

 mammalian life. 



List ok the Principal Authorities Referred to in 

 [Chapter II. 



(1) Ameghino, F. — "Revista Argentina de Historia Natural.' 

 Tomo 1 (1891). 



(2) Collett, R. — " On some apparently New Marsupials from 

 Queensland." P. Z. S., 1884, p. 381, pis. xxix.-xxxii. 



(3) Dobson, G. E. — " Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection 

 of the British Museum " (1878). 



(4) Forbes, H. O. — " The Chatham Islands : their Relation to a 

 Former Continent." R. Geogr. Soc. Suppl. Papers, III., pt. 4 (1893). 



(5) Gould, J. — "The Mammals of Australia." 3 vols. London 

 (1845-63). 



(6) Lumholtz, C. — " Notes upon some Mammals recently discovered 

 in Queensland." P. Z. S., 1884, p. 406-. 



(7) Ogilby, J. D. — " Catalogue of Australian Mammals." Sydney 

 (1892). 



(8) Peters, W., and Doria, G. — " Enumerazione dei Mammiferi 

 raccolti da O. Beccari, L. M. d'Albertis ed A. A. Bruijn nella Nuova 

 Guinea propriamenta detta." Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genov., XVI., 

 p. 665, pis. v.-xviii. (1881). 



(9) Stirling, E. C. — " Description of a New Genus and Species of 

 Marsupialia, Notoryctes typhlops." Trans. B. Soc. S. Austr., XIV., 

 p. 154, pis. ii.-ix. (1891). See also op. cit., p. 283, pi. xii. 



(10) Thomas, O.— " On the Bats collected by Mr. C. M. Woodford 

 iu the Solomon Islands." P. Z. S., 1887, p. 320, pis. xxv. and xxvi. 



(11) "The Mammals of the Solomon Islands, based on the 



