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Part II. — On the Distribution of Extinct Animals. 



Chap. VI. The Extinct Mammalia of the Old World. 

 „ VII. Extinct Mammalia of the New World. 

 „ VIII. Various Extinct Animals; and on the Antiquity of the 

 Genera of Insects and Land Shells. 



Part III. — Zoological Geography: a Review of the Chief Forms 

 of Life in the Several Regions and Subregions, with the 

 Indications they afford of Geographical Changes. 



Chap. IX. The Order of Succession of the Regions — Cosmopolitan 

 Groups of Animals — Tables of Distribution. 

 X. The Palaearctic Region. 

 XL The Ethiopian Region. 

 XII. The Oriental Region. 



XIII. The Australian Region. 



XIV. The Neotropical Region. 

 XV. The Nearctic Region. 



XVI. Summary of the Past Changes and General Relations 

 of the Several Regions. 





Part IV. — Geographical Zoology: a Systematic Sketch of the 

 Chief Families of Land Animals in their Geographical 

 Relations. 



Chap. XVII. Distribution of the Families and Genera of Mam- 

 malia. 

 XVIII. Distribution of the Families and Genera of Birds. 

 XIX. Distribution of the Families and Genera of Reptiles 

 and Amphibia. 

 XX. Distribution of the Families of Fishes, with the 

 Range of such Genera as inhabit Fresh-water. 

 XXI. Distribution of some of the more important Fami- 

 lies and Genera of Insects. 

 XXII. Outline of the Geographical Distribution of Mollusca. 

 XXIII. Summary of the Distribution and Lines of Migra- 

 tion of the Several Classes of Animals. 



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 complete index, which comprises more than six thousand 

 entries. 



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