CHAP. XVIII.] 



BIRDS. 



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Sula Islands, and Flores ; Cosmeteira (1 sp.), Papuan Islands ; 

 Arachmthera (15 sp.), the Oriental region (excluding Philippines) 

 Celebes, Lombok, and Papuan Islands. 



Family 24— DIC^IDiE. (5 Genera, 107 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



The Dicffiidas, or Flower-peckers, consist of very small, gaily- 

 coloured birds, rather abundant over the whole Oriental and 

 much of the Australian regions, and one genus extending over 

 the Ethiopian region. The genera here adopted are the fol- 

 lowing : — 



(^22) Zosterops (68 sp.), the whole Ethiopian, Oriental, and 

 Australian regions, as far east as the Fiji Islands, and north to 

 Pekin and Japan ; (*°*^ - *"3) Dicceum (25 sp.), the whole Oriental 

 region, except China, with the Australian region as far as the 

 Solomon Islands; (^o^) Pachyglossa (2 sp. 1*^7 i442)^ iN'epal and 

 Northern Celebes ; (*°^) Piprisoma (2 sp.), Himalayas to Ceylon 

 and Timor; Q^^^) Pardalotus (10 sp.), Australia and Tasmania; 

 ^407 — 409') Prionochilus (5 sp.), Indo-Malay sub-region and Papuan 

 Islands. 



Family 25.— DEEPANIDID^. (4 Genera, 8 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



The Drepanididse are confined to the Sandwich Islands, and I 

 follow Mr. Sclater's suggestion in bringing together the following 

 genera to form this family : — 



Drepanis (3 sp.) ; Hemignathus (3 sp.) ; Loxops (1 sp.) ; Psit- 

 tirostra (1 sp.). If these are correctly associated, the great 



