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ON THE GEOGRAPHY OF ANIMALS. 



they hardly deserved notice ; nor do any of the islands 

 seem to possess a single species of kangaroo. The birds 

 are little better known. The lories are of that particular 

 section named Trichoglossus, or parrakeet lories, a 

 group 'dispersed over the whole Oceanic Islands, and 

 abundant in New Holland; while the honey-suckers 

 are but slight deviations from those forms common to 

 Australia Proper. As yet, therefore, we cannot name, 

 among the land birds, any distinct genus peculiar to 

 this division ; although, in all probability, future dis- 

 coveries may bring some to light., 



(l?l.) The paucity of quadrupeds in the Australian 

 region will be further apparent from the following list 

 of the genera and sub-genera, and the number of species 

 described in each : 



Vulpes ? Fox-dog 

 Dasyurus. Hairtail 

 Thylacinus Tern. 

 Parameles 

 Balentia 

 Petaurista 

 Cuscus. Lesson. 



Hypisprymus III. - 1 



Halmaturus III. Kangaroo - 8 



Phascolarctas - - 1 



Phascolomys - . . 1 



Hydromys - - 2 



Echidna. Porcupine - -2 



Ornithorhynchus. Duckbill - 2 



(172.) The greater part of the birds are comprised 

 under the following genera and sub-genera, some of 

 which (*) occur in Africa and (t) Asia : there are ex- 

 amples also of other genera, more properly belonging to 

 Europe, which it is not necessary to enumerate : 



Podargus Cuv. Kawk Goatsucker. 

 t Halcyon Sw. Crab-eater. 

 Dacelo Leach* Braying Bird. 

 *f Merops L. Bee-eater. 

 Falcunculus Viett. Shrike, 

 f Ocypterus Cuv. Swallow Shrike. 

 Vanga B. Shrike Crow. 

 *f Edolius Cuv. Drongo. 

 *f Ceblepyres Cuv. Spinebacks. 

 f Estrelda Sw. Grosbeak. 

 *f Atnadina Sw. Bengaly. 

 Malurus Vieil. Soft-tail. 

 Acanthiza H. and V. Warbler. 

 Pardalotus Vieil. Manakin. 

 Pachycephala Sw. Thickhead. 

 * Campicola Sw. Stonechat. 

 Grallina Vieil. Thrush. 



Short-tailed Thrush. 



Sericulus Sw. Regent Bird. 



*f Oriolus L. Oriole. 



Petroica Sw. Robin. 



Ptilonorhynchus Kuhl. Satinbird 



Glaucopis For st. Wattle Bird. 



Scythrops Lath. Channel-bill. 



Plyctolopha Vieil. Cockatoo. 



Calyptorhynchus H. and V. Cock- 

 atoo. 



Psittacarus Briss. Parrakeet. 



Nanodes H. and V. Ground Parra- 

 keet. 



Pezoporus III. Ground Parrakeet. 



Paleornis H. and V. Ring Parra- 

 keet. 



Lorius Briss. Lory. 



Trichoglossus H. and V. Lory Par- 

 rakeet. 



