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IV. THE AUSTRALIAN SUB-REGION. 



Although divided into Provinces by Dr. Pierson Ramsay, 

 each of which contains peculiar representative birds, there 

 is no need on this occasion to go into the question of the 

 subdivision of this Sub-Region, which is a very well-marked 

 one, containing such wonderful forms as Menura (p. 75), 

 Talegallus (p. 24), PtilonorhyncJius (p. 129), and hosts of 

 others. Tasmania, though possessing a few representative 

 forms of its own, is an integral part of the Australian 

 Sub-Region. 



V. THE NEW ZEALAND SUB-REGION. 



This is an area of such wonderful forms of bird-life that 

 it might well be separated as a distinct Region. It is the 

 home of the Kiwis (p. 15), the Huia (p. 112), the Notornis, 

 and many Passerine genera, Certhiparus, Pogonornis, 

 Creadion, Glaucopis, etc. 



VI. THE FIJIAN SUB-REGION. 



To this Sub- Region belong the bulk of the Pacific Islands 

 and New Caledonia. To the latter island is restricted the 

 Kagu (Rhinoclietus jubatus], that extraordinary bird (p. 

 253) which is allied to the Mesites of Madagascar and the 

 Sun-Bittern (Eurypyga) of South America (p. 254). In the 

 Fijian group of islands are many curious forms, and in 

 Samoa we find the flightless Moorhen (Pareudiastes). 



VII. THE HAWAIAN SUB-REGION. 



The Sandwich Islands compose this Sub-Region, and it 

 is scarcely necessary to dwell on the birds of this interest- 

 ing area, for they are so peculiar that scarcely any of the 



