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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



[part IV. 



Fai^iily 101.— riTTONTDTD/E. (I Cenus, 2 Species.) 



General Dlstribution. 



KedTROPICAL I NkaKITIC I PAL.tAKCTIC 



Sub-ueg:on.s. Sub-regions. Sub-ueuions. 



KlHIOPIAN 

 SUB-UEGIONS. 



Okikntal 

 sub-reoio.ns. 



Australian 

 sub-reuioms. 



The Sheath-bills, Chio7iis (2 sp.), are curious white birds, whose 

 thick bill has a horny sheath at the base. Their nearest ally is 

 HccmatojMS, a genus of Charadriidie. These birds are confined 

 to the Antarctic Islands, especially the Falkland Islands, the 

 Crozets and Ker^uelen's Land. 



Family 102.— THINOCOPJDyE. (2 Genera, G Species.) 



GeXEI!AL DlSTlUBUTION. 



The Thinocorido:!, or Quail-snipes, are small birds, confined to 

 Temperate South America. They have much the appearance of 

 Quails but are more nearly allied to Plovers. The two genera 

 are : — 



Attagis (4 sp.), Falkland Islands, Straits of Magellan, Chili, 

 Bolivia, and the High Andes of Peru and Ecuador ; Thinocorus 

 (2 sp.), La Plata, Chili, and Peru. (Plate XVI. Vol. IL p. 40.) 



Family 103.— PAERID^. (2 Genera, 11 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical 

 Sub-regions. 



^EARCTIC 



Sub-regions. 



Pal.earctic 

 sub-keoions. 



Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. 



Oriental I Australian 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



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