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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF IRIDINA, ETC. 



GENUS PLATIBIS. 



I. SUBGENUS IRIDINA. 



AFRICA. 



Leaii. Sow. Senegal. 



ovata. Swainson. Senegal. 



exotica. Lam. Senegal. 



Spekii. Woodward. Lake Tanganyika. 



HABITAT UNKNOWN. 



valeus. Parr. 

 soli da. Anton. 



II. SUBGENUS SPATHA. 



AFRICA. 



alata. Lea. Lake Nyassa. 

 Baikii. H. Adams. Eiver Niger, 

 crelestis. Lea. Kordofar and Gambia. 



dubia. Lea. Senegal, 

 modesta. Lea. Mozambique. 

 Natalensis. Lea. Umpingave river, So. Af. 

 Nyassaensis. Lea. Lake Nyassa. 

 rubens. Lam. Nile and Senegal. 

 Walbergi. Krauss. Natal, So. Af. 



III. SUBGENUS MYCETOPUS. 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



falcatus. Higg. Upper Amazon. 



pygmsea. Spix. Paraguay. 



siliquosus. D'Orl. Corrientes and Santa 



Cruz in Bolivia. 



soleniformis. D'Orl. Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 

 ventricosus. D'Orl. Corrientes in Bolivia. 



NEW HOLLAND. 



rugatus. Sow. Australia. 



