INDEX. 



501 



Region, tlie best temi for the luimary zoo- 

 logical divisions, 68 

 Aixtii-, why not adopted, 69 

 Palaearctic, defined, 71 

 Patearctic, subdivisions of, 71 

 Ethiopian, defined, 73 

 Ethiopian, subdivisions of, 73 

 Oriental, defined, 75 

 Oriental, subdivisions of, 75 

 Australian, defined, 77 

 Australian, subdivisions of, 77 

 Neotropical, defined, 7s 

 Neotropical, subdivisions of, 7S 

 Nearctic, defined, 79 

 Nearctic, distinct from Palisarctic, 79 

 Nearctic. subdivisions of, SO 

 Regions, zoological, 50 



zoological, how they should be formed, 53 

 zoological, may be defined by negative or 



positive characters, 54 

 zoological, by what class of animals best 



determined, 56 

 for each class of animals, not advisable, 



58 

 zoological, proposed since 1S57, 5S 

 zoological, Jir. Sclater's, 59 

 zoological, discussion of those proposed 



by various authors, 61 

 zoological, proportionate richness of, 64 

 temperate and tropical, well marked in 



northern hemisphere, 65 

 and zones, table of, 66 

 comparative richness of, SI 

 and sub-regions, table of, SI 

 order of succession of the, i73 

 Representative siiecies, 4 

 Reptiles, means of dispersal of, 28 

 classification of, 98 

 ■"■ . — e of Greece, 116 



dian Miocene deposits, 123 

 extinct Tertiary, 165 

 cosmopolitan groups of, 176 

 peculiar to Palai-arctic region, 186 

 of Central Europe, 195 

 of the Mediterranean sub-region, -01 

 of Siberian sub-region, 220 

 of the Manchurian sub-region, 227 

 table of Palaearctic families of, SSo 

 of the Ethiopian region, 254 

 of the East African sub-region, 260 

 of West Africa, 264 

 S. African, 268 

 of Madagascar, 279 

 table of Ethiopian families of, 297 

 of the Oriental region, 317 

 of the Indian sub-region, 326 

 of Ceylon. 327 



of Indo-Chinese sub region, 331 

 of Indo-Malay sub-region, 340 

 table of Oriental families of. 368 

 of the Australian region, 396 

 of New Guinea, 415 

 of the Moluccas, 4-.;0 

 of the Polynesian sub-regioi;, 447 

 of New Zealand, 456 

 table of Australian families of, 472 

 Rhea, in Brazilian caves, 164 

 Rhinoceros. Post-Pliocene, 112 

 European Pliocene, 113 

 Miocene of Greece, 116 

 Indian Miocene, 122 

 fossil remain.^ of, at 10,000 feet elevation 



in Thibet, 122 

 fossil in N China, 123 

 N. Anieiican Tertiary, 136 

 Rhinoceros-hornbill, figure of, 339 



Rhinocerotidce, N. American Tertiary, 136 

 River-hog, of West Africa, fl^uie of, 264 



of Madagascar, figure of, 278 

 Rivers, limiting the range of mammalia, 12 



limiting the range of birds, 17 

 River-scene in West Africa, 264 

 Kodentia, classification of, 90 



range of Palaearctic genera of, 242 



range of Ethiopian genera of, 304 



range of Oriental genera of, 374 



range of Australian genera of, 476 

 Rodentia, Eurojiean Pliocene, 113 



Miocene of Greece, 116 



European Miocene, 120 



Euroiiean Eocene, 126 



N. American Post-Pliocene, 130 



N. American Teitiary, 139 



of Brazilian ca\es, 144 



S. American Pliocene, 147 



of S. American Eocene, 148 

 Rutl, figure of, 195 



S. 



Sahara, a debatable land, 251 

 Saiga, antelope of W. Tartary, 218 

 Samoa Islands, birds of, 4 13 

 Sandwich Islands, birds of, 445 



probable past history of, 446 



mountain plants of, 446 



dejith of ocean around, 447 

 Sand grouse, Pallas, of Mongolia, 226 

 Sutyrites Reiiiiesii, .European Cretaceous m- 



sect, 167 

 Sauudeis, Mr. Edward, on the Buprestids of 



Japan, 229 

 Scelidotlui-i'.an, in Brazilian caves, 145 



S. American Phocene, 147 

 Schistopleurum, S. American Pliocene, 147 

 Schweinfurth, Dr., on natural history of Cen- 

 tral Africa, 252 



on limits of W. African sub-region, 262 

 [note) 

 Sciuriis, European Miocene, 120 



European Eocene, 126 

 Sciuravus, N. American Eocene, 140 

 Sclater, Mr., on zoological regions, 59 



why his six regions are adnjited, 63 



on birds of Sandwich Islands, 445 

 Sea, as a barrier to mammalia, 13 

 Seals, fossil in European Miocene, 118 



of Lake Baikal, 218 

 Secondary formations, mammalian remains 



in. 159 

 Secretary-bird of Africa, figure of, 261 

 Semnopilhccus, Europiean Pliocene, 112 



Miocene of Greece, 115 



European Miocene, 117 



Indian Miocene, 121 

 Semper, Dr., on Phili)ipinc mammalia, 345 

 ,<?er;)c,i(ariu.s, European Miocene, 162 

 Seychelle Islands, zoology of, 281 



amphibia of, 281 

 Sharii, Dr., on .laj'an beetles, 229 

 Sharpe, Mr. R. B., his arrangenieut of Accipi- 

 tres, 97 



on birds of Cape Verd Islands, 215 

 Sheep, Pabiearctic, 182 

 Siberia, (dimate of 217 

 Siberian sub-region, description of, 216 



mammalia of, 217 



birds of, 219 



re; tiles and amphibia of, 220 



insects of, 220 

 Simoc^ort, Miocene of Greece, 115 



