CHAP. XVIII.] BIRDS. 275 



Islands ; XantJiomeliis (1 sp.), New Guinea ; Cicinnurus (1 sp.), 

 Papuan Islands ; Paradigalla (1 sp.), New Guinea ; Semioptera 

 (1 sp.), Gilolo and Batcbian. 



Sub-family II. Epimacliinae. — Epimachus (1 sp.), New Guinea ; 

 Drepanornis (1 sp.), New Guinea; Seleucides (I sp.), New Gui- 

 nea (Plate X., Vol. I., p. 414) ; Ftilorhis (4 sp.), New Guinea and 

 North Australia. 



Sub-family III, Tectonarcliinn3 (Bower-birds). — Scrlciihts (1 

 sp.), Eastern Australia ; Ptilonorhi/ncJms (1 sp.). Eastern Aus- 

 tralia; Cldamydoclera (4 sp.), North and East Australia; jEIu- 

 rccdus (3 sp.), Papuan Islands and East Australia; Amhlyornis 

 (1 sp.), New Guinea. 



Family 22.— MELIPIIAGID^. (23 Genera, 190 Species.) 



Genekal Distribution. 



(As in the Hand List, but omitting Zosterops, and slightly 

 altering the arrangement.) 



The extensive group of the ]\Ieliphagidce, or Honey-suckers, 

 is wholly Australian, for the genus Zosterops, which extends 

 into the Oriental and Ethiopian regions, does not natural]}^ 

 belong to it. Several of the genera are confined to Australia, 

 others to New Zealand, while a few range over the whole Aus- 

 tralian region. The genera are distributed as follows : — 



Myzomela (18 sp.), has the widest range, extending from Ce- 

 lebes to the Samoa Islands, and to Timor and Eastern Australia ; 

 Entomophila (4 sp.), Australia and New Guinea; Gliciphila (10 

 sp.), Australia, Timor, New Guinea, and New Caledonia ; Acan- 

 tliorhynchus (2 sp.), Australia and Tasmania ; Mclipliaga (1 sp.), 

 Australia ; Ptilotis (40 sp.), Gilolo and Lombok to Australia and 

 Tasmania, and to the Samoa and Tonga Islands ; Meliornis (5 sp.). 

 Australia and Tasmania; Prosthemadcra (1 sp.), Pogonornis (1 

 sp.). New Zealand ; Anthornis (4 sp.). New Zealand anl Chatham 

 Islands; Anf]iocha:ra (4 sp.), Australia and Tasmania; Xcm- 



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