598 



GENERAL INDEX. 



PYRAMIDELLID.E, ii. 509 



Pyrameis, ii. 474 



Pyranga, ii. 98 



Pyrenestes, ii. 286 



Pyrgisoma, ii. 284 



Pyrgita, ii. 284 



Pyriglena, ii. 104 



Pyrocephalus, ii. 101, 291 



Pyroderus, ii. 103 



Pyromelana, ii. 286 



Pyrophthalma, ii. 259 



Pyrrhocoma, ii. 99 



Pyrrhospiza, ii. 285 



Pyrrhula, ii. 285 



Pyrrhulaiida, ii. 289 



Pyrrhulina, ii. 445 



Pyrrhulopsis, ii. 325 



Pyrrhuloxia, ii. 285 



Pyrrhura, ii. 328 



Pyteliu, ii. 287 



Pj/tfwm, ii. 381 



Pythonidce, European Miocene, i. 105 



PYTHON1D,, ii. 381 



Pythonodipsas, ii. 379 



Pythonopsis, ii. 376 



Pythons, ii. 381 



Pyxicephalus, ii. 420 



Pysis, ii. 408 



Quadrumana, fossil, ii. 178 

 Quail-snipes, ii. 354 

 Qwrquedula, ii. 363 

 Qiierula, ii. 102 

 Quiscalus, ii. 282 



Jftacfcts, ii. 524 



Racoon-dog of N. China, i. 226 



Racoons, ii. 200 



Raw, ii. 462 



RAIID.E, ii. 462 



Rails, ii. 351 



RALLID^E, ii. 351 



Rallina, ii. 352 



Rallus, ii. 352 



Sana, European Miocene, i. 166 

 ii. 420 



Raniceps, ii. 439 



RANID.E, ii. 420 



Ranodon, ii. 413 



Rappia, ii 419 



Rasbora, ii. 452 



Rasborichthys, ii. 453 



Rattle-snakes, ii. 384 



Rays, ii. 462 



Realia, ii. 521 



Rectes, ii. 272 



Recurvirostra, ii. 353 



Regaleciis, ii. 432 



Region, the best term for the primary zoo- 

 logical divisions, i. 68 

 Arctic, why not adopted, i. 69 

 Palaearctic, defined, i. 71 



Palsearctic, subdivisions of, i. 71 

 Ethiopian, defined, i. 73 

 Ethiopian, subdivisions of, i. 73 

 Oriental, defined, i. 75 

 Oriental, subdivisions of, i. 75 

 Australian, defined, i. 77 

 Australian, subdivisions of, i. 77 



Region, Neotropical, defined, i. 78 

 Neotropical, subdivisions of, i. 78 

 Nearctic, defined, i. 79 

 Nearctic, distinct from Pal*arctie, i. 79 

 Nenrctic, subdivisions of, i. 80 

 Regions, zoological, i. 50 



zoological, how they should be formed, i. 



53 

 zoological, may be denned by negative or 



positive characters, i. 54 

 zoological, by what class of animals best 



determined, i. 56 

 for each class of animals, not advisable, 



i. 58 



zoological, proposed since 1857, i. 58 

 zoological, Mr. Sclater's, i. 59 

 zoological, discussion of those proposed 



by various authors, i. 61 

 zoological, proportionate richness of, i. 6t 

 temperate and tropical, well marked iu 



northern hemisphere, i. 65 

 and zones, table of, i. 66 

 comparative richness of, i. 81 

 and sub-regions, table of, i. 81 

 order of succession of the, i. 173 

 Registoma, ii. 521 

 Reguloides, ii. 258 

 Regulus, ii. 258 

 Reinwardtcenas, ii. 333 

 Reinwardtipicus, ii. 303 

 Reithrodon, ii. 230 

 Representative species, i. 4 

 Reptiles, means of dispersal of, i. 28 

 classification of, i. 98 

 Miocene of Greece, i. 116 

 of Indian Miocene deposits, i. 123 

 extinct Tertiary, i. 165 

 cosmopolitan groups of, i. 176 

 peculiar to Palaearctic region, i. 186 

 of Central Europe, i. 195 

 of the Mediterranean sub-region, i. 204 

 of the Siberian sub-region, i. 220 

 of the Manchurian sub-region, i. 227 

 table of Palsearctic families of, i. 236 

 of the Ethiopian region, i. 254 

 of the E. African sub-region, i. 260 

 of W. Africa, i. 264 

 S. African, i. 268 

 of Madagascar, i. 279 

 table of Ethiopian families of, i. 297 

 of the Oriental region, i. 317 

 of the Indian sub-region, i. 326 

 of Ceylon, i. 327 



of the Indo-Chinese sub-region, i. 331 

 * of the Indo-Malay sub-region, i. 340 

 table of Oriental families of, i 368 

 of the Australian region, i. 396 

 of New Guinea, i. 415 

 of the Moluccas, i. 420 

 of the Polynesian sub-region, i. 447 

 of New Zealand, i. 456 

 table of Australian families of, i. 472 

 Neotropical, ii. 9 

 of S. Temperate America, ii. 40 

 of the Mexican sub-region, ii. 54 

 of the Antilles, ii. 72 

 table of Neotropical families of, ii. 88 

 of the Nearctic region, ii. 119 

 of California, ii. 128 

 of Central N. America, ii. 131 

 of Eastern United States, ii. 133 

 of Canada, ii. 137 



table of Nearctic families of, ii. 142 

 summary and conclusion, ii. 547 

 REPTILIA, ii 372 

 Retropinna, ii. 447 



