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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



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Family 38.— MOTACILLID^. (9 Genera, 80 Species.) 



The Motacillidge, or Wagtails and Pipits, are universally dis- 

 tributed, but are most abundant in the Palsearctic, Ethiopian, 

 and Oriental regions, to which the true wagtails are almost con- 

 fined. The following genera are usually adopted, but some of 

 them are not very well defined : — 



Motacilla (15 sp.), ranges over the greater part of Europe, 

 Asia, and Africa, and to Alaska in North-west America ; Budytes 

 (10 sp.), Europe, Africa, Asia to Philippines, Moluccas, Timor, 

 and North Australia; Calohates (3 sp.). South Paleearctic and 

 Oriental regions to Java ; Nemoricola (1 sp.), Oriental region ; 

 Anthus (30 sp.), all the great continents ; Neocorys (1 sp.). Cen- 

 tral North America; Coryddlla (14 sp.), South Europe to India, 

 China, the Malay Islands, Australia, New Zealand and the Auck- 

 land Islands : Macronyx (5 sp.). Tropical and South Africa ; 

 Hcterura (1 sp.), Himalayas. 



Family 39.— TYRANNID^. (71 Genera, 329 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



The Tyrannidse, or Tyrant Shrikes, form one of the most ex- 

 tensive and truly characteristic American families of birds ; as 

 they extend over the whole continent from Patagonia to the 

 Arctic regions, and are found also in all the chief American 

 islands — the Antilles, the Galapagos, the Falkland Islands, and 



