330 ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY. [part in. 



Zoological Characteristics of the Himalayan Sub-region. — 

 Taking this sub-region as a whole, we find it to be charac- 

 terised by 3 genera of mammalia (without counting bats), and 

 44 genera of land-birds, which are altogether peculiar to it ; 

 and by 13 genera of mammalia and 36 of birds, which it 

 possesses in common with the Malayan sub-region; and 

 besides these it has almost all the genera before enumerated 

 as " Oriental," and several others of wide range, more especially 

 a number of Palrearetic genera which appear in the higher 

 Himalayas. The names of the more characteristic genera are 

 as follows : — 



Peculiar Himalo-Chinese Genera. 



Mammalia. — Urva, Arctonyx, JElurus. 



Birds. — Suya, Sorites, Chaimarrhornis, Tarsiger, Oreicola, 

 Acanthoptila, Grammatoptila, Trochaloptcron, Actinodura, Sibia, 

 Suthora, Paradoxomis, Chlenasicus, Tesia, Rimator, sEgithaliscus, 

 Cephalopyrus, Liothrix, Siva, Minla, Proparus, Cutia, Yuhina, 

 Ixtdus, Myzornis, Erpornis, Hemixus, Chibia, Niltava, Anthipes, 

 Chelidorhynx, Urocissa, Pachyglossa, Hctcrura, Hosmatospiza, 

 Ampeliceps, Saroglossa, Psarisomus, Serilophus, Vivia, Hyopicus, 

 Gicinulus, Acer os, Ceriomis. 



Genera common to the Himalo-Chinese and Malayan 



Sub-regions. 



Mammalia. — Hylobates, Nycticebus, Viverricula, Prionodon, 

 Arctitis, Pagama, Arctogale, Cuon, Gymnopus, Aonyx, Helictis, 

 Rhinoceros, Nemorhedus, Rhizomys. 



Birds. — Oreocincla, Notodela, Janthocincla, Timalia, Stachyris, 

 Mixornis, Trichastoma, JEnicurus, Pncepyga, Melanochlora, Allo- 

 trius, Microscelis, Iole, Analcipus, Cochoa, Rhringa, Xanthopygia, 

 Hylocharis, Cissa, Temnurus, Cryjjsirhina, Chalcosletha, An- 

 threptes, Chalcoparia, Cymbirhynchus, Hydrornis, Sasia, Venilia, 

 Indicator, Carcincutes, Lyncornis, Macropygia, Argusianus Poly- 

 plectron, Ruplocamus, Phodilus. 



Plate VII. Scene in Nepal, with Characteristic Himalayan 

 Animals. — Our illustration contains figures of two mammals 



