io8 THE STORY OF THE BIRDS 



the Tanagers, Ant Thrushes, Manakins, Humming- 

 Birds, Macaws, Puff Birds, Toucans, Motmots, 

 Curassows, Tinamous, Trumpeters, Sun Bitterns, 

 and Penguins. 



We will now proceed to give a brief outline 

 of the geographical distribution of the various 

 orders already described in the previous chapters. 

 We may at once dismiss those extinct orders, 

 including the Moas, which were apparently 

 peculiar to New Zealand, and the Rocs which, 

 as we have already seen, were confined to 

 Madagascar, and pass on to the remaining four 

 orders of Ratitae birds. The first of these include 

 the Rheas, birds exclusively confined to the 

 Neotropical Region, to the pampas and dry 

 open plains. The second order includes the 

 Cassowaries and Emus. The former birds are 

 distributed over the islands of the Malay Archi- 

 pelago Ceram, Aru, Jobi, New Guinea, New 

 Britain and North Queensland in Australia. 

 The Emus are confined to the Australian Con- 

 tinent, though formerly inhabiting Tasmania and 

 some of the adjoining islands. The third order 

 includes the Kiwis, those curious flightless birds, 

 doomed possibly to early extinction, which are 

 confined to New Zealand. The fourth order 

 of Ratita3 birds comprises the Ostriches (whether 



