CHAP, xviii.] BIRDS. 263 



The Cinclidse consist of a number of more or less thrush-like 

 ground-birds, of which the most remarkable are the Dippers, 

 forming the genus Cinclus. These are curiously distributed, from 

 the Palsearctic region as a centre, to the alpine districts of North 

 and South America; while the three genera which are here in- 

 cluded as somewhat allied to Cinclus, all inhabit the Oriental 

 region. The genera which I class in this family are the 

 following : 



( 978 ) Cinclus (9 sp.), Palsearctic region to West China and For- 

 mosa, Eocky Mountains^ and Mexico in North America, and 

 southward to the Andes of Peru ; ( 916 ) Enicurus (9 sp.), Hima- 

 layas to Java and West China ; ( 979 ) Eupetes (4 sp.), Indo-Malay 

 sub-region and New Guinea ; ( 971 ) Myiophonus (5 sp.), Himalayas 

 to Ceylon, Java, South China, and Formosa. 



( 981 ) Mesites (1 sp.), Madagascar, is an anomalous bird placed 

 with Eupetes by Mr. G. E. Gray, but of very uncertain affinities. 



FAMILY 6. TEOGLODYTID.E. (17 Genera, 94 Species.) 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The Troglodytidse, or Wrens, are small birds, rather abundant 

 and varied in the Neotropical region, with a few species scattered 

 through the Nearctic, Palsearctic, and parts of the Oriental re- 

 gions, and one doubtful genus in Africa. The constitution of 

 the family is by no means well determined. The South American 

 genera are taken from Messrs. Sclater and Salvin's Nomen- 

 clator Avium Neotropicalium. 



Tesia (2 sp.), Eastern Himalayas ; Pnoepyga (6 sp.), Himalayas 

 to East Thibet, Java; ( 716 "* 723 ) Troglodytes (15 sp.), Neotropical, 

 Nearctic, and Palsearctic regions to the Higher Himalayas ; ( 697 ) 

 Eimator (1 sp.), Darjeeling ; Thryothorus (13 sp.), South Brazil 

 to Mexico, Martinique, and Nearctic region ; Thryophilus (13 

 sp.), Brazil to Mexico, and North-west America; Cistothorits 



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