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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



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(5 sp.), Patagonia to Greenland ; Uropsila (1 sp.), Mexico ; Do- 

 nacobius (2 sp.), Tropical America ; Campylorhynchus (18 sp.), 

 Brazil, and Bolivia to Mexico and the Gila valley ; Cyphorhinus 

 (5 sp.), Equatorial South America to Costa Rica ; Microcerculus 

 (5 sp.), Brazil and Peru to Mexico ; Henicorhina (2 sp.), Peru 

 and Guiana to Costa Kica ; Salpinctes (1 sp.), High Plains of 

 Kocky Mountains ; Catherpes (1 sp.), Mexico and Eio Grande ; 

 Cinnicerthia (2 sp.), Ecuador and Columbia. ( 76 ) Sylvietta 

 (2 sp.), Tropical and South Africa, is placed in this family by 

 Mr. Tristram. 



FAMILY 7. CHAM^IDJE. (1 Genus, 1 Species). 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The bird which forms the genus Chamcea inhabits California ; 

 and though allied to the wrens it has certain peculiarities of struc- 

 ture which, in the opinion of many ornithologists, require that 

 it should be placed in a distinct family. 



FAMILY 8. GERTRUDE. ($ Genera, ijj Species.) 

 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The Certhiidse, or Creepers, form a small family whose species 

 are thinly scattered over North America from Mexico, the Palae- 

 arctic region, parts of the Oriental region, and Australia, where 

 they are somewhat more abundant. The distribution of the 

 genera is as follows : 



Certhia (6 sp.), Nearctic and Palsearctic regions, Nepal, and Sik- 

 hini; Salporn is (1 sp.), Central India; Tichodroma (1 sp.)j South 



