598 



GENERAL INDEX. 



PYRAMIDELLIDjE, ii. 509 



Pyrantels, ii. 474 



Pyranga, ii. 98 



Pyrenestcs, ii. 286 



Pyrgisoma, ii. 284 



Pyrgita, ii. 284 



Pyriglena, ii. 104 



Pyrocephahts, ii. 101, 291 



Pyroderus, ii. 103 



Pyromelana, ii. 286 



Pyrophthalnui, ii. 259 



Pyrrhocoma, ii. 99 



Pyrrhospiza, ii. 285 



Pyrrhula, ii. 285 



Pyrrhulauda, ii. 2S9 



Pyrrhulina, ii. 445 



Pyrrhnlopsis, ii. 325 



Pyrrhuloxia, ii. 285 



Pyrrhura, ii. 328 



Pytelia, ii. 287 



Python, ii. 381 



Pythonidce, European Miocene, i. 105 



PYTH0N1D<E, ii. 381 



Pythonodipsas, ii. 379 



Pythonopsis, ii. 376 



Pythons, ii. 3S1 



Pyxicephalus, ii. 420 



Pyxis, ii. 408 



Quadrumana, fossil, ii. 178 

 Quail-snipes, ii. 354 

 Querquedula, ii. 363 

 Querula, ii. 102 

 <2«tscahis, ii. 282 



It. 



Rachis, ii. 524 



Racoon-dog of N. China, i. 226 



Racoons, ii. 200 



Rata, ii. 462 



RAIIDjE, ii. 462 



Rails, ii. 351 



RALLID/E, ii. 351 



Rallina, ii. 352 



Rallus, ii. 352 



Rana, European Miocene, i. 166 

 ii. 420 



Raniceps, ii. 439 



RANIDiE, ii. 420 



Ranodon, ii. 413 



Rappia, ii 419 



Rasbora, ii. 452 



Rasboriehthys, ii. 453 



Rattle-snakes, ii. 384 



Rays, ii. 462 



Realia, ii. 521 



Rectes, ii. 272 



Recurvirostra, ii. 353 



Regalecus, ii. 432 



Region, the best term for the primary zoo- 

 logical divisions, i. 68 

 Arctic, why not adopted, i. 69 . 

 Paliiarctie, 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. 

 53 



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, i. 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 in 

 northern hemisphere, i. 65 



and zones, table of, i. 66 



comparative richness of, i. 81 



and sub-regions, table of, i. 81 



order of succession of the, i. 173 

 Uegistoma, ii. 521 

 Regidoides, ii. 258 

 Rcgulvs, 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, i. 123 



extinct Tertiary, i. 165 



cosmopolitan groups of, i. 176 



peculiar to Palaearctic region, i. 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 Palsearctic 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 Tegion, 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. 4'20 



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 

 Retropinna, ii. 447 



