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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



[part IV. 



(Pyciionotida-), while one genus, usually placed in it {Myio'plionus) 

 seems to agree better with Enicurus among the Cinclida3. The 

 genera here admitted into the thrush family are the following, the 

 numbers prefixed to some of the genera indicating their position, 

 in Gray's Hand List of the Genera and Species of Birds : — 



^1143^ Brachy'pterijx (8 sp.), Nopaul to Java and Ceylon (this 

 may belong to the Timaliidcc) ; Turdus (1(30 sp.) has the range of 

 the whole family, abounding in the Palrearctic, Oriental and 

 Neotropical regions, while it is less plentiful in the Nearctic 

 and Ethiopian, and very scarce in the Australian; (^^^} Orcocinda 

 (11 sp.), Pala?arctic and Oriental regions, Australia and Tas- 

 mania; {^^-) RJiodinocicliIa {i sp.), A^'enezuela ; {^^^) Mclanoptila 

 (1 sp.), Honduras ; (^^'^ ^^®) Catharas (10 sp.) Mexico to Ecuador ; 

 ^949 960^ Margaroi^s (4 sp.), Hayti and Porto Ptico to St. Lucia • 

 (951) Nesccichla (1 sp.), Tristan d'Acunha; {^^^) Gcocichla (8 sp.), 

 India to Formosa and Celebes, Timor and North Australia; 

 ^954 955^ Monticola (8 sp.). Central Europe to South Africa and to 

 China, Philippine Islands, Gilolo and Java; {^^^) Oroccates (3 sp.), 

 Himalayas and IST. China ; Zoothcra (3 sp.) Himalayas, Aracan, 

 Java, and Lombok ; Mirnus (20 sp.) Canada to Patagonia, West 

 Indies and Galapagos ; (^'^~) Oreoscopies (1 sp.), Piocky Mountains 

 and Mexico; {^^'^) Mclcmotis (2 sp.), South Mexico and Guatemala ; 

 (9*^*) Galcoscoptes (1 sp.), Canada and Eastern United States to 

 Cuba and Panama ; (^^^ ^'^) MimocicliJa (o sp.), Greater Antilles; 

 ^967 908-^ Harporliynclius (7 sp.), North America, from the great 

 lakes to Mexico ; Cinclocerthia (3 sp.). Lesser Antilles ; (9™) 

 Wiamphoci7ichis (1 sp.). Lesser Antilles ; Cluvtops (3 sp.), South 

 Africa; Cossypha = Bcssonornis (15 sp.) Ethiopian region and 

 Palestine. 



Family 2.— SYLAaiD.E. (74 Genera, G40 Species.) 



