INDEX. 



501 



Region, the best term for the primary zoo- 

 logical divisions, 68 

 Arctic, why not adopted, 69 

 Palaearctic, defined, 71 

 Palaearctic, subdivisions of, 71 

 Ethiopian, defined, 73 

 Ethiopian, subdivisions of, 73 

 Oriental, defined, 75 

 Oriental, subdivisions of, 75 

 Australian, defined, 77 

 Australian, subdivisions of, 77 

 Neotropical, defined, 78 

 Neotropical, subdivisions of, T8 

 Nearctic, defined, 79 

 Nearctic, distinct from Palaearctic, 79 

 Nearctic. subdivisions of, 80 

 Regions, zoological, 50 



zoological, how they should be formed, 53 

 zoological, may be defined by negative or 



positive characters, 54 

 zoological, by what class of animals best 



determined, 56 

 for each class of animals, not advisable, 

 58 



zoological, proposed since 1857, 58 



zoological, Mr. Sclater's, 59 

 zoological, discussion of those proposed 

 by various authors, 61 



zoological, proportionate richness of, 64 

 temperate and tropical, well marked ill 

 northern hemisphere, 65 



and zones, table of, 66 



comparative richness of, 81 



and sub-regions, table of, 81 



order of succession of the, 173 

 Representative species, 4 

 Reptiles, means of dispersal of, 28 



classification of, 98 



Miocene of Greece, 116 



of Indian Miocene deposits, 123 



extinct Tertiary, 165 



cosmopolitan groups of, 176 



peculiar to Palaearctic region, 186 



of Central Europe, 195 



of the Mediteiranean sub-region, £04 



of Siberian sub-region, 220 



of the Manchurian sub-region, 227 



table of Palaearctic families of, £36 



of the Ethiopian region, 254 



of the East African sub-region, 260 



of West Africa, 264 



S. African, 268 



of Madagascar, 279 



table of Ethiopian families of, 297 



of the Oriental region, 317 



of the Indian sub-region, 326 



of Ceylon, 327 



of Indo-Chinese sub-region, 331 



of Indo-Malay sub-region, 340 



table of Oriental families of. 368 



of the Australian region, 396 



of New Guinea, 415 



of the Moluccas, 4£0 



of the Polynesian sub-region, 447 



of New Zealand, 456 



table of Australian families of, 472 

 Rhea, in Brazilian caves, 164 

 Rhinoceros, Post- Pliocene, 112 



European Pliocene, 113 



Miocene of Greece, 116 



Indian Miocene, 122 



fossil remain.' of, at 16,000 feet elevation 

 in Thibet, 122 



fossil in N China, 123 



N. American Tertiary, 136 

 Rhinoceros-hornbill, figure of, 339 



Rhinocerotidm, N. American Tertiary, 136 

 River-hog, of West Africa, figure of, 264 



of Madagascar, figure of, 278 

 Rivers, limiting the range of mammalia, 12 



limiting the range of birds, 17 

 River-scene in West Africa, 264 

 Kodentia, classification of, 90 



range of Palsarctic genera of, 242 



range of Ethiopian genera of, 304 



range of Oriental genera of, 374 



range of Australian genera of, 476 

 Rodentia, European Pliocene, 113 



Miocene of Greece, 116 



European Miocene, 120 



European Eocene, 126 



N. American Post-Pliocene, 130 



N. American Tertiary, 139 



of Brazilian ca\es, 144 



S. American Pliocene, 147 



of S. American Eocene, 148 

 Ruff, figure of, 195 



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Sahara, a debatable land, 251 

 Saiga, antelope of W. Tartary, 218 

 Samoa Islands, birds of, 413 

 Sandwich Islands, birds of, 445 



probable past history of, 446 



mountain plants of, 446 



depth of ocean around, 447 

 Sand grouse, Pallas, of Mongolia, 226 

 Suty rites Rei/nesii, .European Cretaceous in- 

 sect, 167 

 Saunders, Mr. Edward, on the Buprestidae of 



Japan, 229 

 Scelidotherium, in Brazilian caves, 145 



S. American Pliocene, 147 

 SchistopUurum, S. American Pliocene, 147 

 Schweinfurth, Dr., ou natural history of Cen- 

 tra] Africa, 252 



on limits of W. African sub-region, 262 

 {note) 

 Sciurus, European Miocene, 120 



European Eocene, 126 

 Scivravvs, N. American Eocene, 140 

 Sclater, Mr., on zoological regions, 59 



why his six regions are adopted, 63 



on birds of Sandwich Islands, 445 

 Sea, as a barrier to mammalia, 13 

 Seals, fossil in European Miocene, 118 



of Lake Baikal, 218 

 Secondary formations, mammalian remains 



in, 159 

 Secretary bird of Africa, figure of, 261 

 Semnopithccus, European Pliocene, 112 



Miocene of Greece, 115 



European Miocene, 117 



Indian Miocene, 121 

 Semper, Dr., on Philippine mammalia, 345 

 Serpentarius, European Miocene, 162 

 Seychelle Islands, zoology of, 281 



amphibia of, 281 

 'Sharp, Dr., on Japan beetles, 229 

 Sharpe, Mr. R. B., his arrangement of Accipi- 

 tres, 97 



on birds of Cape Verd Islands, 215 

 Sheep, Palaearctic, 182 

 Siberia, climate of. 217 

 Siberian sub-region, description of, 216 



mammalia nf, 217 



birds of, 219 



reptiles and amphibia of, 220 



insects of, 220 

 Simocyon, Miocene of Greece, 115 



