598 



GENERAL INDEX. 



PYRAMIDELLIDiE, ii. 509 



Pyrameis, ii. 474 



Pyranga, ii. 98 



Pyrenestes, ii. 286 



Pyrgisoma, ii. 284 



Pyrgita, ii. 284 



PyrigUna, ii. 104 



Pyrocephalus, ii. 101, 291 



Pyroderus, ii. 103 



Pyromelana, ii. 286 



PyrophtJialma, ii. 259 



Pyrrhocoma, ii. 99 



Pyrrhospiza, ii. 285 



Pyrrhida, ii. 285 



Pyrrhulaitda, ii. 289 



Pyrrhulina, ii. 445 



Pyrrhulopsis, ii. 325 



Pyrrhuloxia, ii. 285 



Pyrrhura, ii. 328 



Pytelia, ii, 287 



Python, ii. 381 



Pythoiiidce, European Miocene, i. 1G5 



PYTHONID/E, ii. 381 



Pythonodipsas, ii. 379 



Pythonopsis, ii. 376 



Pythons, ii. 381 



Pyxicephalus, ii. 420 



P3W;is, ii. 408 



Q. 



Quadrumana, fossil, ii. 178 

 Quail-snipes, ii. 354 

 Qrierquediila, ii. 363 

 Qnenda, ii. 102 

 QmscaJws, ii. 282 



R. 



Rachis, ii. 524 



Racoon-dog of N. China, i. 226 



Racoons, ii. 200 



Ram, ii. 462 



RAIID^, ii. 462 



Rails, ii. 351 



RALLID^, ii. 351 



Ballina, ii. 352 



Rail-as, ii. 352 



Rana, European Miocene, i. 166 

 ii. 420 



Raniceps, ii. 439 



RANID^, ii. 420 



Ranodon, ii. 413 



Rappia, ii 419 



Rasbora, ii. 452 



Rasborichthys, ii. 453 



Rattle-snakes, ii. 384 



Rays, ii. 462 



Realia, ii. 521 



Rectes, ii. 272 



Recurvirosfra, ii. 853 



Regalecus, ii. 432 



Region, the best term for the primary zoo- 

 logical divisions, i. 68 

 Arctic, why not adopted, i. 69 

 Paliearctic, defined, i. 71 

 Palaearctic, subdivisions of, i. 71 

 Ethiopian, defined, i. 73 

 Ethiopian, subdivisions of, i. 73 

 Oriental, defined, i. 75 

 Oriental, subdivisions of, i. 75 

 Australian, defined, i. 77 

 Australian, subdivisions of, i. 77 



Region, Neotropical, defined, i. 78 



Neotropical, subdivisions of, i. 78 



Nearctic, defined, i. 79 



Nearctic, distinct from Pal*arctic, i. 79 



Nearctic, subdivisions of, i. 80 

 Regions, zoological, i. 50 



zoological, how they should be formed, i. 

 63 



zoological, may be defined by negative or 

 positive characters, i. 54 



zoological, by what class of animals best 

 determined, i. 56 



for each class of animals, not advisable, 

 i. 58 



zoological, proposed since 1857, 1. 58 



zoological, Mr. Sclater's, i. 59 



zoological, discussion of those proposed 

 by various authors, i. 61 



zoological, proportionate richness of, i. 6! 



temperate and tropical, well marked iu 

 northern hemisphere, i. 65 



and zones, table of, 1. 66 



comparative richness of, i. 81 



and sub-regions, table of, i. 81 



order of succession of the, i. 173 

 Registoma, ii. 521 

 Reguloides, ii. 258 

 Reg^dus, ii. 258 

 Reinwardtcenas, ii. 333 

 Reinwardtipicus, ii. 303 

 Reithrodon, ii. 230 

 Representative species, i. 4 

 Reptiles, means of dispersal of, i. 28 



classification of, i. 98 



Miocene of Greece, i. 116 



of Indian Miocene deposits, 1. 123 



extinct Tertiary, i. 165 



cosmopolitan groups of, i. 176 



peculiar to Paliearctic region, 1. 186 



of Central Europe, i. 195 



of the Mediterranean sub-region, i. 204 



of the Siberian sub-region, i. 220 



of the Manchurian sub-region, i. 227 



table of Palfearctic families of, i. 236 



of the Ethiopian region, i. 254 



of the E. African sub-region, i. 260 



of W. Africa, i. 264 



S. African, i. 268 



of Madagascar, i. 279 



table of Ethiopian families of, i. 297 



of the Oriental region, i. 317 



of the Indian sub-region, i. 326 



of Ceylon, i. 327 



of the Indo-Chinese sub-region, i. 331 



of the Indo-Malay sub-region, i. 340 



table of Oriental families of, i 368 



of the Australian region, i. 396 



of New Guinea, i. 415 



of the Moluccas, i. 420 



of the Polynesian sub-region, i. 447 



of New Zealand, i. 456 



table of Australian families of, i. 472 



Neotropical, ii. 9 



of S. Temperate America, ii. 40 



of the Mexican sub-region, ii. 54 



of the Antilles, ii. 72 



table of Neotropical families of, ii. 88 



of the Nearctic region, ii. 119 



of California, ii. 128 



of Central N. America, ii. 131 



of Eastern United States, ii. 133 



of Canada, ii. 137 



table of Nearctic families of, ii. 142 



summary and conclusion, ii. 547 

 REPTILIA, ii 372 

 Reiropiiina, ii. 447 



