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northern inhabitants southwards. It thus came to pass 

 that, at that period of the world's history, the Mammalian 

 faunas of Southern Europe, South-Eastern Asia, and of 

 India were so nearly uniform as to constitute these 

 countries, as regards their mammals, one widely extended 

 Region. 



List of the Principal Authorities referred to in Chapter V. 



(1) Milne-Edwards, H. et A. — " Recherches pour servir a l'histoire 

 naturelle des Mammiferes." Paris, 1868. 



(2) Blanford, W. T.— "The Fauna of British India : Mammalia." 

 London, 1888-91. 



(3) Oldham, R. D. — "Manual of the Geology of India." Calcutta, 

 1893. 



