598 



GENERAL INDEX. 



PYRAMIDELLIDjE, ii. 509 



Pyrameis, ii. 474 



Pyranga, ii. 98 



Pyrenestes, ii. 286 



Pyrgisoma, ii. 284 



Pyrgita, ii. 284 



Pyriglena, ii. 104 



Pyrocephalus, ii. 101, 291 



Pyroderus, ii. 103 



Pyromelana, ii. 286 



Pyrophthalma, ii. 2iJ9 



Pyrrhocoma, ii. 99 



Pyrrhospiza, ii. 285 



Pyrrhula, ii. 285 



PyrrhuUmda, ii. 289 



PyrrhuUna, ii. 445 



Pyrrhulopsis, ii. 325 



Pyrrhuloxia, ii. 285 



Pyrrhura, ii. 328 



Pytelia, ii. 287 



Python, ii. 381 



Pythonidce, European Miocene, i. 165 



PYTHONID-E, ii. 381 



Pythonodipsas, ii. 379 



Pythonopsis. ii. 376 



Python.s, ii. 381 



Pyxicephalus, ii. 420 



Pyxis, ii. 408 



Quafirutnana, fossil, ii. 178 

 Quail-snipes, ii. 354 

 Querquedula, ii. 363 

 Qnerula, ii. 102 

 Quiscaliis, ii. 282 



R. 



Rachis, ii. 524 



Racoon-dog of N. China, i. 226 



Racoons, ii. 200 



iJaia, ii. 462 



RAIID^, ii. 462 



Rails, ii. 351 



RALLlDyE, ii. 351 



Ballina, ii. 352 



J?aHus, ii. 352 



R'-ina, European Miocene, i. 166 

 ii. 420 



Panii-ep^, ii. 439 



RAXIDiE, ii. 420 



Ranodon, ii. 413 



Rappia, ii 419 



Rasbora, ii. 452 



Rasborichthys, ii. 453 



Rattle-snakes, ii. 384 



Rays, ii. 462 



Realia, ii 521 



Rectes, ii. 272 



Recurvirostra, ii, 353 



Regrtleais, ii. 432 



Region, the best term for the primary zoo- 

 logical divisions, i. 68 

 Arctic, why not adopted, i. 69 

 Pahearctic, defined, i. 71 

 Paliiparctic, subdivisions of, i. 71 

 Ethiopian, defined, i. 73 

 Ethiopian, subdivisions of, i. 73 

 Oriental, defined, i. 75 

 Orient.al, subdivisions of, i. 75 

 Australian, delined, i. 77 

 Australian, subdivisions of, i. 77 



Region. Neotropical, defined, i. 78 



Neotropical, subdivisions of, i. 78 



Neurctic, defined, i. 79 



Nearctic, distinct from Pahearctic, i. 79 



Nearctic, subdivisions of, i. 80 

 Regions, zoological, i. 50 



zoological, how they should be formed, i. 

 53 



zoological, may be defined by negative or 

 positive characters, i. 54 



zoological, by what class of animals best 

 determined, i. 56 



for each class of animals, not advisable, 

 i. 68 



zoological, proposed since 1857, i. 58 



zoological, Mr. Sclater's, i. 59 



zoological, discussion of those proposed 

 by various authors, i. 61 



zoological, proportionate richness of, i. 61 



temperate and tropical, well marked in 

 northern hemisphere, i. 65 



and zones, table of, i. 66 



comparative richness of, i. 81 



and sub-regions, table of, i. 81 



order of succession of the, i, 173 

 Registoma, ii. 521 

 Regtdoides, ii. 258 

 Reguliis, ii. 258 

 Reinwardtcenas, ii. 333 

 Reinwardtipiciis, ii. 303 

 Rcithrodon, ii. 230 

 Representative species, i. 4 

 Reptiles, means of dispersal of, 1. 28 



classification of, i. 98 



Miocene of Greece, i. 116 



of Indian Miocene deposits, i. 123 



extinct Tertiary, i. 165 



cosmopolitan groups of, i. 176 



peculiar to Pahearctic region, i. 186 



of Central Europe, i. 195 



of the Mediterranean sub-region, i. 204 



of tlie Siberian sub-region, i. 220 



of the Manchurian sub-region, i. 227 



table of Palfcarctic families of, i. 236 



of the Ethiopian region, 1. 254 



of the E. African sub-region, i. 260 



of W. Africa, i. 264 



S. African, i. 268 



of Madagascar, i. 279 



table of Ethioijian families of, i. 297 



of the Oriental region, i. 317 



of the Indian sub-region, i. 326 



of Ceylon, i. 327 



of the Indo-Chinese sub-region, i. 331 



of the Indo-Malay siab-region, i. 340 



table of Oriental families of, i 308 



of the Australian region, i. 396 



of New Guinea, i. 415 



of the Moluccas, i. 4'-'0 



of the PoljTiesian sub-region, i. 447 



of New Zealand, i. 456 



table of Australian fanulies of, i. 472 



Neotropical, ii. 9 



of S. Temperate America, ii. 40 



of tlie Mexican sub-region, ii. 54 



of the Antilles, ii. 72 



table of Neotropical families of, ii. 83 



of the Nearctic region, ii. 119 



of California, ii. 128 



of Central N. America, ii. 131 



of Eastern United States, ii. 133 



of Canada, ii. 137 



table of Nearctic families of, ii. 142 



summary and conclusion, ii. 547 

 REPTn.IA,'ii 372 

 Retropiiina, ii. 447 



