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ON THE GEOGRAPHY OF ANIMALS. 



they hardly deserved notice ; nor do any of the islands 

 seem to possess a single species of kangaroo. The birds 

 are little better known. The lories are of that particular 

 section named Trichoglossus, or parrakeet lories, — a 

 group dispersed over the whole Oceanic Islands, and 

 abundant in New Holland; while the honey-suckers 

 are but sUght deviations from those forms common to 

 Australia Proper. As yet, therefore, we cannot name, 

 among the land birds, any distinct genus peculiar to 

 this division ; although, in all probability, future dis- 

 coveries may bring some to light. 



(171.) The paucity of quadrupeds in the AustraUan 

 region will be further apparent from the following hst 

 of the genera and sub-genera, and the number of species 

 described in each : — 



(172.) The greater part of the birds are comprised 

 under the following genera and sub-genera, some of 

 which (*) occur in Africa and (t) Asia : there are ex- 

 amples also of other genera, more properly belonging to 

 Europe, which it is not necessary to enumerate : — 



Podargus Cuv. Kawk Goatsucker. 



*t Halcyon Sw. Crab-eater. 



Dacelo Leach, Braying Bird. 



*t Merops L. Bee-eater. 



Falcunculus Vieil. Shrike. 



t Ocypterus Cuv. Swallow Shrike. 



Vanga B. Shrike Crow. 



♦t Edolius Cuv. Drongo. 



*t Ceblepyres Cuv. Spinebacks. 



*+ Estrelda Sw. Grosbeak. 



*t Amadina Sw. Bengaly. 



Malurus fieit. Soft-tail. 



Acanthiza H. and V. Warbler. 



Pardalotus Vieil. Manakin. 



Pachycephala Sw. Thickhead. 



* Campicola Sw. Stonechat. 



Grallina Vieil. Thrush. 



f Pitta Vieil. Short-tailed Thrush. 



Sericulus Sw. Regent Bird. 



*f Oriolus L. Oriole. 



Petroica Sw. Robin. 



Ptilonorhynchus Kuhl. Satinbird 



Glaucopis Forst. Wattle Bird. 



Scythrops Lath. Channel-bill. 



Plyctolopha Vieil. Cockatoo. 



Calyptorhynchus H. and V. Cock- 

 atoo. 



Psittacarus B.-iss. Parrakeet. 



Nanodes H. and V. Ground Parra- 

 keet. 



Pezoporus III. Ground Parrakeet. 



Paleornis H. and V. Ring Parra- 

 keet. 



Lorius Briss. Lory. 



Trichoglossus H. and V. Lory Par- 

 rakeet. 



