euAP. xvui.] BIRDS. • 2t)3 



The CinclicUe consist of a niuuLer of more or less tlirusli-like 

 ground-birds, of which the most remarkable are the Dippers, 

 forming the genus Cinches. These are curiously distributed, from 

 the Pala^arctic region as a centre, to the alpine districts of North 

 and South America ; while the three genera which are l:ere in- 

 cluded as somewhat allied to Cinclus, all inhabit the Oriental 

 region. The genera which I class in this family are the 

 following : — 



^97s^ Qlnclus (9 sp.), Paltearctic region to AVest China and For- 

 mosa, Eocky Mountains, and Mexico in North America, and 

 southward to the Andes of Peru ; (^^^) Unicurus (9 sp.), Hima- 

 layas to Java and West China ; (^''^) Eupctes (4 sp.), Indo-]\Ialay 

 sub-region and New Guinea ; (^'^) Myiophonus (5 sp.), Himalayas 

 to Ceylon, Java, South China, and Formosa. 



(^9si^ jfcsites (1 sj).), Madagascar, is an anomalous bird placed 

 with Eupetes by Mr. G. E. Gray, but of very uncertain affinities. 



Family 6.— TEOGLODYTID^. (17 Genera, 94 Species.) 



General Distiiibution. 



KliOTROPICAL I Neabctic I Paljearctic 

 Sub-regions. Sob-regions. Sub-kegions. 



Ethiopian 

 sub-region.s. 



Oriental 



Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



1.2. 3. 41. 2. 3. 41. 2. 3. 41. 2. 3— 3.4 1 



The Troglodytidffi, or Wrens, are small birds, rather abundant 

 and varied in the Neotropical region, with a few species scattered 

 through the Nearctic, Pahearctic, and parts of the Oriental re- 

 gions, and one doubtful genus in Africa. The constitution of 

 the family is by no means well determined. The South American 

 genera are taken from Messrs. Sclater and Salvin's Nomcn- 

 c'ator Avium Ncotropicalium. 



Tcsia (2 sp.), Eastern Himalayas ; Pnocpyga (6 sp.), Himalayas 

 to East Thibet, Java; Q^^ "■"'' "-•^) Troglodytes (15 sp.), Neotropical, 

 Nearctic, and Paloearctic regions to the Higher Himalayas ; (^^'') 

 Pdmcdor (1 sp.), Darjeeling ; Tliryotlwrus (13 sp.), South Brazil 

 to Mexico, Martinique, and Nearctic region ; Thrya'phihis (13 

 r^p.), Brazil to IMexico, and North-west America ; Cisiutliorits 



