330 ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY. [part hi. 



Zoological Characteristics of the Himalayan Sub-region. — 

 Taking this sub-region as a whole, we find it to be charac- 

 terised by 3 genera of mammalia (without counting bats), and 

 44 genera of land-birds, which are altogether peculiar to it ; 

 and by 13 genera of mammalia and 36 of birds, which it 

 possesses in common with the Malayan sub-region ; and 

 besides these it has almost all the genera before enumerated 

 as " Oriental," and several others of wide range, more especially 

 a number of Palsearctic genera which appear in the higher 

 Himalayas. The names of the more characteristic genera are 

 as follows : — 



Peculiar Himalo-Chinese Genera. 



]\Iammalia. — Urva, Arctomjx, JEliirus. 



Birds. — Suya, Horites, Choemarrhornis, Tarsiger, Orcicola, 

 Acanthoptila, Gramniatoptila, Trochalopteron, Actinodura, Sihia, 

 Snthora, Paradoxornis, Chlenasicus, Tcsia, Rimator, ^giihaliicus, 

 Cephalopyrus, Liothrix, Siva, Minia, Proparus, Cutia, Yuhina, 

 prvhis, Myzornis, Erpomis, Hemixus, Chihia, Niltava, Anthipes, 

 Chelidorhynx, Urocissa, Pachyglossa, Hctemra, Hcematospiza, 

 Ampeliceps, Saroglossa, Psarisomus, Serilophus, Vivia, Hyopicus, 

 Gccinulus, Aceros, Ccriornis. 



Gexera common to the Himalo-Ciiinese and Malayan 

 Sub-regions. 



Mammalia. — Hylohafcs, Nycticchus, Viverricula, Prionodon, 

 Arcfitis, Paginna, Arctogale, Cuon, Gymnopus, Aonyx, Helictis, 

 Rhinoceros, Ncmorhcdus, Rhizomys. 



Birds. — Oreocincla, Notodela, Janthocincla, Timalia, Stachyris^ 

 Mixornis, Trichasfoma, Fnicitrns, Pncepyga, Melanochlora, Allo- 

 trius, Microscelis, lole, Analciinis, Coclioa, Bhringa, Xa7ithopygia^ 

 Hylocharis, Cissa, Tcmnurus, Crypsirhina, Glial costctha, An- 

 thrcptcs, Chalcoparia, Gymhirhynchus, Hydrornis, Sasia, Venilia, 

 Indicator, Carcineutes, Lyncornis, Afacropygia, Argusianus Poly- 

 plectron, Evplocavius, Phodilus. 



Plate VII. Scene in Nepal, with Characteristic Himalayan 

 Animals.— Om illustration contains figures of two mammals 



