CHAP, xviii.] BIRDS. 2G5 



Europe to Abyssinia, Nepal, and Xortli China; Rhahdornis (1 

 sp.), Philippine Islands ; Climacteris (8 sp.), Australia and New 

 Guinea, 



Family 9.— SITTIDiE. (6 Genera, 31 Species.) 

 General DisTRiBtniox. 



Neotropical i Nearctic I Pal.carctic 



SUB-KEOIOKS. SUB-REOIOUS. SUB-REGIOMS. 



Ethiopian i Oriental i Australiax 

 sub-ekg10n"s. sub-keoions. sub-beoions. 



1.2.3.4-1.2.3.4.| 1.2.3.4. 1.2 — 4. 



The Sittida?, or Nuthatches, are another small family of tree- 

 creeping birds, whose distribution is very similar to tliat of the 

 Certhiida?, but with a more uniform range over the Oriental 

 region, and extending to New Zealand and Madagascar. The 

 genera are as follows : — 



Sitta (17 sp.), PalcTarctic and Nearctic regions to South India 

 and Mexico ; Daulrophila (2 sp.), Ceylon and India to Bur mail 

 and ]\Ialaya ; Hyphcrpcs (1 sp.), jSIadagascar ; Sittella (6 sp.), 

 Australia and New Guinea. Acanthisitta (1 sp.) and Xenicns 

 (■i sp.). New Zealand, are placed with some doubt in this family. 



Family 10.— PAEID.^. (14 Genera, 92 Species.) 

 General Distribution. 



The Paridae, or Tits, are very abundant in the Nearctic and 

 Palssarctic regions ; many line species are found in the Himalayas, 

 but they are sparingly scattered through the Ethiopian, Oriental, 

 and Australian regions. The genera usually admitted into this 

 family are the following, but the position of some of them, 

 especially of the Australian forms, is doubtful, 



(•864 - 867 870) p^^^^ (^^ gp )^ ^^q^.^^ America, from JMexico, 



Palaearctic, and Oriental regions, Tropical and South Africa; 



