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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



[PABT IV. 



regions to Fiji Islands and Tasmania; (2233-2237^ Ghrysococcyx 

 (16 sp.), Tropical and South Africa, the Oriental and Australian 

 regions to New Zealand and Fiji Islands ; Q'^^) Surniculus (2 sp.), 

 India, Ceylon, and Malaya ; (^^s^) Hierococcyx (7 sp.),the Oriental 

 region to Amoorland and Celebes ; (^2*0 2241-) Coccystes (6 sp.), 

 Tropical and South Africa,, the Oriental region, excluding Philip- 

 pines; (2242) Eudynamis (8 sp.), the Oriental and Australian 

 regions, excluding Sandwich Islands ; (^2*3) Scythrops (1 sp.). 

 East Australia to Moluccas and North Celebes. 



Family 59.— LEPTOSOMIDtE. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical 



SfB-REOIONS. 



Nearctic 

 sub-begions. 



Pal^earctic 

 scb-begions. 



Ethiopian I Oriental 



SUB-BEOIONS. SUB-REOIONS. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



The Zeptosomus discolor, which constitutes this family, is a 

 bird of very abnormal characters, having some affinities both 

 with Cuckoos and Eollers. It is confined to Madagascar (Plate 

 VI. Vol. T. p. 278). 



Family 60.— BUCCONID^. (5 Genera, 43 Species.) 



The Bucconidse, or Puff-birds, are generally of small size and 

 dull colours, with rather thick bodies and dense plumage. They 

 form one of the characteristic Neotropical families, being most 

 abundant in the great Equatorial forest plains, but extending as 

 far north as Guatemala, though absent from the West Indian 

 Islands. 



The genera are : — Bucco (21 sp.), Guatemala to Paraguay, and 

 West of the Andes in Ecuador; Malacoptila (10 sp.), Guatemala 



