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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



[part IV. 



The following is a tabular view of the genera with their 

 distribution : — 



Gt'iifra 



Ethiopian Rogion. 



rOGONOUHYN'CHLN.K. 



'TrieholiBiua ... 1 sp. W. Africa 

 Pof];onorhynclms 1l> ,, All Trop. & S. Af. 

 Tetragorops ... 2 ,, 



Megal^mix.e. 



Megalajina 

 XanthoLTema . 

 Xylobucco 

 Bavbatula 

 Psilopogon 

 Gyraiiobucco . 



Capitonin.'e. 



Tracliyplioiiu,s. 

 Capito 



Calorhanipluis. 



StactoUema 



5 

 10 



AV. Alrica 



Trop. & S. Africa 



W. Africa 



Trop. k S. Africa 



1 ,, I W. Africa 



Oriental Region. Neotropical Region, 



The whole region 

 The whole region 



Sumatra 



Malay Pen., Su- 

 matra, Borneo 



Peru & CostiRii a 



Equatorial Amcr. 

 to Costa Kica 



Family 55.— EHAMPHASTID.E. (5 Genera, 51 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotkopicil >earctic P.\r.^AncTic Kthiopivn | O'.ukntal I Australian 



Sl'B-KEGIONS. Sl-B-Kf;(; ONS. SUB-l(EGIONS. SUB-RKGION'S!. SUB-KIXiloN'.S. SuB-KKOION.i. 



— 2.3 



The Toucans form one of the most remarkable and charac- 

 teristic families of the Neotropical region, to which they are 

 strictly confined. They differ from all other birds by their long 

 feathered tongues, their huge yet elegant bills, and the peculiar 

 texture and coloration of their plumage. Being fruit-eaters, and 

 strictly adapted for an arboreal life, they are not found beyond 

 the forest regions ; but they nevertheless range from ]\Iexico to 

 Paraguay, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. One genus, 



