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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 ... 



77. Platycercidoe 



78. Pal;Teoriiitlud;e 



79. Trichoglossidie 



80. Conuridfe ... 



81. Psittacidne ... 



82. Nestoridas ... 



83. Stringopidae 



The Cockatoos. 



The Broad-tailed Paroquets of Australia. 



The Oriental Parrots and Paroquets. 



The Brash-tongued Paroquets and Lories. 



The Macaws and their allies. 



The African and South American Parrots. 



The Nestors of New Zealand. 



The Owl-parrots of New Zealand. 



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

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

 femilies, and genera proposed by various authors are very 

 numerous, and often quite irreconcilable. I therefore ado])t 

 only two families ; and generally follow ]\Ir. G. E. Gray's hand- 

 list for the genera, except where trustworthy authorities exist 

 for a different arramjjement. The families are : 



84. 



85. 



Columbidie 

 Dididae 



Pigeons and Doves. 



The extinct Dodo and allies. 



The Gallina?, or game-birds, may be di\ided into seven 

 families : 



Fam. 



86. PterocUditi 



87. Tetraonidie 



88. Phasianidoe 



89. Turnicidte 



90. Mej^apodiidie 



91. Cracidie 



92. Tinamidae 



Pavonime . . . 

 Lophophorinie 

 Phasianinie . . . 

 Euplocaminse 

 Gallinoe 

 Meleagrinte . . . 

 Numidinaj ... 



{Cracinaj 

 Penelopina? . . . 

 Oreophasinte 



... Sand-grouse. 



Partridges and Grouse. 

 . . . Peafowl. 

 ... Tragopans, &c. 

 . . . Pheasants. 



... Fire-backed Pheasants, &c. 

 . . . Jungle-fowl. 

 - . . Turkeys. 



Guinea-fowl. 



Heniipodes. 



Mound-makers. 



Curassows. 



Guans. 

 ... Mountain-pheasant. 



Tinamous. 



