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Family 78.— PAL^OENITHID^.. (8 Genera, 65 Species.) 

 Geneeal Distribution. 



Nkotuopicai, 

 Si;b-region3. 



Nearctic I Pal.earctic 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



Ethiopian I Oriental 



SUB-RKGIONS. SdB-REOIONS. 



Australian 

 sub-reuions. 



1.2-4. 1.2.3.4 11.2 



I class here a group of birds brought together, for the most 

 part, by geographical distribution as well as by agreement in in- 

 ternal structure, but which is nevertheless of a very uncertain 

 and provisional character. 



Palccornis (1 8 sp.), the Oriental region, Mauritius, Eodriguez, 

 and Sey chelle Islands, and a species in Tropical Africa, apparently 

 identical with the Indian P. torquatus, and therefore— considering 

 the very ancient intercourse between the two countries, and the 

 improbability of the sj^ecies remaining unchanged if originating 

 by natural causes — most likely the progeny of domestic birds in- 

 troduced from India. Prioniturus (3 sp.), Celebes and the 

 Philippine Islands ; (-^*'^) GeoffroTjus (5 sp.), Bouru to Timor and 

 the Solomon Islands ; Tanygnathus (5 sp.), Philippines, Celebes, 

 and Moluccas to New Guinea ; Edcdus (8 sp.), Moluccas and 

 Papuan Islands ; Psittinus (1 sp.), Tenasserim to Sumatra and 

 Borneo ; C'ydopsitta (8 sp.), Papuan Islands, Philippines and 

 North-east Australia; Loriculus (17 sp.), ranges over the whole 

 Oriental region to Flores, the Moluccas, and the Papuan island 

 of Mysol ; but most of the species are concentrated in the district 

 including the Philippines, Celebes, Gilolo, and Flores, there 

 being 1 in India, 1 in Soutli China, 1 in Ceylon, 1 in Java, 1 in 

 Malacca, Sumatra, and Borneo, 3 in Celebes, 5 in the Philip- 

 pines, and the rest in the Moluccas, Mysol, and Flores. This 

 genus forms a transition to the next family. 



