CHAP. XVIII.] 



BIRDS. 



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Sula Islands, and Flores ; Cosmetcira (1 sp.), Papuan Islands ; 

 Arachnothera (15 sp.), the Oriental region (excluding Philippines) 

 Celebes, Lombok, and Papuan Islands. 



Family 24.— DIC^ID^. (5 Genera, 107 Species.) 



Gexekal Disthibutiox. 



KlOTHOPICAL 

 Si;B-REr.ION3. 



Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Pal.earctic 

 sub-keoios-s. 



Ethiopiav 



SuB-RtGlONS. 



Oriental 



SUB-KEfllONS. 



Aistraltak 

 Sl'B-Ri:(;io\3. 



1.2. 3. 4 1.2.3.41.2.3.4- 



The Dica?idfe, or Flower-peckers, consist of very small, gaily- 

 coloured birds, rather abundant over the whole Oriental and 

 much of the Australian regions, and one genus extending over 

 the Ethiopian region. The genera here adopted are the fol- 

 lowing : — 



^622^ Zosterojjs (68 sp.), the whole Ethiopian, Oriental, and 

 Australian regions, as far east as the Fiji Islands, and north to 

 Pekin and Japan ; {^^^ ~ *^^) Dic(vuiii (25 sp.), the whole Oriental 

 region, except China, with the Australian region as far as the 

 Solomon Islands; {^^^) Paclnjglossa (2 sp. ^■*^'' "^^), Nepal and 

 Northern Celebes ; i^^^) Piprisoma (2 sp), Himalayas to Ceylon 

 and Timor; Q-^^^) Pardalotus (10 sp.), Australia and Tasmania; 

 ^407 — 409^ Prionochilus (5 sp.), Indo-Malay sub-region and Papuan 

 Islands. 



Family 25.— DIIEPANIDID^. (4 Genera, 8 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



The Drepanididre are confined to the Sandwich Islands, and I 

 follow Mr. Sclater's suggestion in bringing together the following 

 genera to form this family : — 



Drcpanis (3 sp.) ; Hcmignathus (3 sp.) ; Loxops (1 sp.) ; Psit- 

 tirostra (1 sp.). If these are correctly associated, the great 



