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  Series 
  B.— 
  FIRMISTEENIA. 
  

  

  Pectoral 
  arch 
  immoveable, 
  the 
  coracoids 
  firmly 
  united 
  

   by 
  a 
  simple 
  epicoracoid 
  cartilage 
  ; 
  prcecoracoids 
  rest- 
  

   ing 
  with 
  their 
  distal 
  extremity 
  upon 
  the 
  coracoids, 
  or 
  

   connected 
  with 
  the 
  latter 
  by 
  the 
  epicoracoid 
  cartilage. 
  

  

  Family 
  5.— 
  HANID^E. 
  

  

  Vertebras 
  proccelous, 
  without 
  autogenous 
  ribs; 
  dia- 
  

   pophyses 
  of 
  sacral 
  vertebra 
  cylindrical. 
  Upper 
  jaw 
  

   toothed. 
  

  

  This 
  family, 
  the 
  most 
  specialised 
  of 
  the 
  order, 
  

   contains 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  genera, 
  and 
  its 
  distribution 
  

   extends 
  over 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  Australia, 
  

   New 
  Zealand, 
  and 
  the 
  southern 
  parts 
  of 
  South 
  

   America 
  excepted. 
  The 
  genus 
  Bana 
  is 
  its 
  only 
  repre- 
  

   sentative 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  Palsearctic 
  sub-region. 
  

  

  8. 
  Eana. 
  

  

  Linnaeus, 
  Syst. 
  Nat., 
  p. 
  354 
  (1766).— 
  Parti 
  m. 
  

  

  Pupil 
  horizontal. 
  Tongue 
  free 
  and 
  forked 
  behind. 
  

   Vomerine 
  teeth. 
  Tympanum 
  distinct 
  or 
  hidden. 
  

   Fingers 
  free 
  ; 
  toes 
  webbed 
  ; 
  outer 
  metatarsals 
  sepa- 
  

   rated 
  by 
  web. 
  Omosternum 
  and 
  sternum 
  with 
  a 
  

   strong 
  bony 
  style. 
  

  

  The 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  family, 
  but 
  only 
  one 
  species, 
  out 
  of 
  about 
  160 
  

   tli 
  at 
  are 
  now 
  known, 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  tropical 
  parts 
  of 
  

   South 
  America, 
  and 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  extreme 
  north 
  of 
  

   Queensland; 
  the 
  great 
  bulk 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Indian 
  

  

  