xx CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 



CHAPTER X. 



THE PAL.EARCTIC REGION. 



Zoological Characteristics of the Palsearctic Region (p. 181) — Summary of Palse- 

 arctic Vertebrata (p. 186)— Insects (p. 1 87)— Land-shells (p. 190)— The Palse- 

 arctic Sub-regions (p. 190) — Central and Northern Europe (p. 191) — North 

 European Islands (p. 197) — Mediterranean Sub-region (p. 199) — The Mediter- 

 ranean and Atlantic Islands (p. 206) —The Siberian Sub-region, or Northern 

 Asia (p. 216) — Japan and North China, or the Manchurian Sub-region (p. 220) 

 — Birds (p. 223) — Insects (p. 227) — Eemarks on the General Character of the 

 Fauna of Japan (p. 230) — General Conclusions as to the Fauna of the Palse- 

 arctic Region (p. 231) — Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Palse- 

 arctic Region (p. 234) — Table II. List of the Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia 

 and Birds of the Palsearctic Region (p. 239) .... 181—250 



CHAPTER XL 



THE ETHIOPIAN REGION. 



Zoological Characteristics of the Ethiopian Region (p. 252) — Summary of Ethio- 

 pian Vertebrates (p. 255)— The Ethiopian Sub-regions (p. 258)— The East 

 African Sub-region, or Central and East Africa (p. 258) — The West African 

 Sub-region (p. 262) — Islands of the West African Sub-region (p. 265) — South 

 African Sub-region (p. 266)— Atlantic Islands of the Ethiopian Region ; — St. 

 Helena (p. 269) — Tristan dAcunha (p. 271) — Madagascar and the Mascarene 

 Islands, or the Malagasy Sub-region (p. 272) — The Mascarene Islands (p. 280) 

 — Extinct Fauna of the Mascarene Islands and Madagascar (p. 282) — General 

 Remarks on the Insect Fauna of Madagascar (p. 284)— On the probable Past 

 History of the Ethiopian Region (p. 285) — Table I. Families of Animals 

 inhabiting the Ethiopian Region (p. 294) — Table II. List of Genera of Ter- 

 restrial Mammalia and Birds of the Ethiopian Region (p. 300) . 251 — 313 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE ORIENTAL REGION. 



Zoological Characteristics of the Oriental Region (p ; 315) — Summary of Oriental 

 Vertebrata (p. 318) — The Oriental Sub-regions (p. 321) — Hindostan, or Indian 

 Sub-region (p. 321) — Range of the Genera of Mammalia which inhabit the Sub- 

 region of Hindostan (p. 322) — Oriental, Palsearctic, and Ethiopian Genera of 

 Birds in Central India (p. 224) — Sub-region of Ceylon and South India 

 (p-. 326) — The Past History of Ceylon and South India, as indicated by its Fauna 

 (p. 328) — Himalayan or Indo-Chinese Sub-region (p. 329) — Islands of the 



