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DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. 



[PAET I. 



The Psittaci or parrot tribe are still in a very unsettled state 

 of classification ; that recently proposed by Professor Garrod 

 differing widely from the arrangement adopted in Dr. Finsch's 

 monograph of the order. Taking advantage of the researches 

 of these and other authors, the following families are adopted as 

 the most convenient in the present state of our knowledge : 



76. Cacatuidae ... 



77. Platycercidas 



78. Palaeornithidae 



79. Trichoglossidae 



80. Conuridse ... 



81. Psittacidae ... 



82. Nestoridae ... 



83. Stringopidae 



The Cockatoos. 



The Broad-tailed Paroquets of Australia. 



The Oriental Parrots and Paroquets. 



The Brush-to ngued Paroquets and Lories. 



The Macaws and their allies. 



The African and South American Parrots. 



The Nestors of New Zealand. 



The Owl-parrots of New Zealand. 



The Columbre, or pigeons, are also in a very unsatisfactory 

 state as regards a natural classification. The families, sub- 

 families, and genera proposed by various authors are very 

 numerous, and often quite irreconcilable. I therefore adopt 

 only two families ; and generally follow Mr. G. E. Gray's hand- 

 list for the genera, except where trustworthy authorities exist 

 for a different arrangement. The families are : 



84. Columbidee 



85. Dididse 



Pigeons and Doves. 



The extinct Dodo and allies. 



The Gallinae, or game-birds, may be divided into seven 

 families : 



Fam. 



86. Pteroclidae 



87. Tetraonidae 



88. Phasianidae .. 



89. Turnicidae 



90. Megapodiida? 



91. Cracidae 



92. Tinamidae 



Sub-fam. 



Pavoninae . . . 

 Lophophorinae 

 Phasianinae . . . 

 \ Euplocaminae 

 Gallinae 

 Meleagrinae . . . 

 , Numidinae ... 



{Cracinae 

 Penelopinae . . 

 Oreophasina? 



Sand-grouse. 



Partridges and Grouse. 



Peafowl. 



Tragopans, &c. 



Pheasants. 



Fire-backed Pheasants, &c. 



Jungle-fowl. 



Turkeys. 



Guinea-fowl. 



Hemipodes. 



Mound-makers. 



Curassows. 



Guans. 



Mountain-pheasant. 



Tinamous. 



