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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



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between the Oriental and Australian divisions of which they ar<^ 

 pretty equally divided. They seem, however, to attain their 

 maximum of beauty and variety in the hirge islands of Borneo 

 and Sumatra; from whence they diminish in numbers in. 

 every direction till we find single species only in North 

 China, West Africa, and Australia, The genera here adopted 

 are the following : — 



(1087 1088 1090 1092 1093) p^^^ft (33 sp.), has tlic range of the 

 family ; (^^^^) Hydrornis (3 sp.), Himalayas and IMalaya ; 

 Eucichla (3 sp.), Malaya; Mclampitta (1 sp.), recently discovered 

 in New Guinea. 



Family 48.— PAICTID.E. (1 Genus, 2 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical 

 Sub-regions. 



Neabctic 

 Sub- REGIONS. 



PAL.E ARCTIC 



Sub- REGIONS. 



Ethiopian 

 sub-region's. 



Oriental, 

 Sub-regions. 



Austaalian 

 Sub-regions. 



This family was established by Professor Sundevall, for an 

 anomalous bird of Madagascar, which he believes to have 

 some affinity for the American Formicariidfe, but which perhaps 

 comes best near the Pittas. The only genus is PhilepiUa, con- 

 taining two species. 



Family 49.— MENUEID.F:. (1 Genus, 2 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical 



Si'B-REGIONS. 



Nearctic 

 sub-kegions. 



Pal^arctic I Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



Oriental 

 Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



The Menuridie, or Lyre Birds, remarkable for the extreme 

 elegance of the lyre-shaped tail in the species first discovered, 

 are birds of a very anomalous structure, and have no near affinity 

 to any other family. Two species of Mcnura are known, con- 

 fined to South and East Australia (Plate XII. Vol. I. p. 4411- 



