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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



[part IV. 



Family 14— OKIOLID^. (5 Genera, 40 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



The Orioles, or Golden Thrushes, are a small group charac- 

 teristic of the Oriental and Ethiopian regions, migrating into the 

 western Palsearctic region, and with some of the less typical 

 forms in Australia. The genera are : — 



Oriolus (24 sp.). Central Europe, throughout Africa, and the 

 whole Oriental region, northward to Pekin, and eastward to 

 Flores ; (^°^^) Analcipus (3 sp.), Himalayas, Formosa, Java and 

 Borneo; Mimeta (9 sp.), the Moluccas and Australia ; Sphecotheres 

 (3 sp.), Timor and Australia. Artamia (1 sp.), Madagascar, — 

 perhaps belongs to the next family or to Laniidae. 



Family 15.— CAMPEPHAGID^. (3 Genera, 100 Species.) 



General Distribution, 



The Campephagidse, or Cuckoo Shrikes, (Campephaginse of 

 the Hand List, with the addition of Cochoa) are most abundant 

 in the Australian region (especially in the Austro-Malay sub- 

 region) less so in the Oriental, and still less in the Ethiopian 

 region. The genera, for the most part as adopted by Dr. Hart- 

 laub, are liS follows : — ■ 



Pericrocotus (22 sp.), the whole Oriental region, extending north 

 to Pekin, and east to Lombok ; (^^42 — i244^ Laniderus (4 sp.), 

 West and South Africa ; (^245 1246) Grmtcalus (25 sp.), the whole 

 Oriental region, and eastward to Austro-Malaya, the New 



