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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



[PART iv. 



The following is a tabular view of the genera with their 

 distribution : 



FAMILY 55. EHAMPHASTID^E. (5 Genera, 51 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PAL.SARCTIC ETHIOPIAN I ORIENTAL I AOSTRALIAN 

 SUB-REGIONS. SUB-REGIONS. SUB-REGIONS. SUB-REGIONS. SUB-REGIONS. | SUB-KKGIONS. 



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The Toucans form one of the most remarkable and charac- 

 teristic families of the Neotropical region, to which they are 

 strictly confined. They differ from all other birds by their long 

 feathered tongues, their huge yet elegant bills, and the peculiar 

 texture and coloration of their plumage. Being fruit-eaters, and 

 strictly adapted for an arboreal life, they are not found beyond 

 the forest regions ; but they nevertheless range from Mexico to 

 Paraguay, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. One genus, 



