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DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. 



[PART I. 



The Psittaci or parrot tribe are still in a very unsettled state 

 of classification ; that recently proposed by Professor Garrod 

 differing widely from the arrangement adopted in Dr. Finsch's 

 monograph of the order. Taking advantage of the researches 

 of these and other authors, the following families are adopted as 

 the most convenient in the present state of our knowledge : 



76. Cacatuidae The Cockatoos. 



77. Platycercidae . . . The Broad-tailed Paroquets of Australia. 



78. Palaeornithidae ... The Oriental Parrots and Paroquets. 



79. Trichoglossidae ... The Brash-tongued Paroquets and Lories. 



80. Conuridse ... ... The Macaws and their allies. 



81. Psittacidae ... ... The African and South American Parrots. 



82. Nestoridae The Nestors of New Zealand. 



83. Stringopidae ... The Owl-parrots of New Zealand. 



The Columboe, or pigeons, are also in a very unsatisfactory 

 state as regards a natural classification. The families, sub- 

 families, and genera proposed by various authors are very 

 numerous, and often quite irreconcilable. I therefore adopt 

 only two families ; and generally follow Mr. G. E. Gray's hand- 

 list for the genera, except where trustworthy authorities exist 

 for a different arrangement. The families are : 



84. Columbidee 



85. Dididae 



Pigeons and Doves. 



The extinct Dodo and allies. 



The Gallinse, or game-birds, may be divided into seven 

 families : 



Fam. 



86. Pteroclidae 



87. Tetraonidae 



88. Phasianidse ... 



89. Turnicidae 



90. Megapodiidae 



91. Cracidse 



92. Tinamidae 



Sub-fam. 



' Pavoninae . . . 



Lophophorinae 



Phasianinae . . . 



Euplocamimu 



Gallinae 



Meleagrinae . . . 

 , Numidinae ... 



{Cracinae 

 Penelopinae . . 

 Oreophasinae 



Sand-grouse. 



Partridges and Grouse. 



Peafowl. 



Tragopans, &c. 



Pheasants. 



Fire-backed Pheasants, &c. 



Jungle-fowl. 



Turkeys. 



Guinea-fowl. 



Hemipodes. 



Mound-makers. 



Curassows. 



Guans. 



Mountain-pheasant, 



Tinamous. 



