CHAPTER XIII 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 



THE WORLD 



The Collecting of Specimens — The six Zoo-geographical Regions of 

 the World— Regions and Sub-Regions — Provinces and Sub- 

 Provinces — Sclater's Scheme — Wallace's Amendments— Allen's 

 Scheme — Dr. H. O. Forbes and the Lost Continent. 



The Geographical Distribution of Animals is one of the 

 most interesting subjects that it is possible for a man to 

 study. Like the Migration of Birds, it is a difficult and 

 absorbing one, and very little is known of the facts, which 

 are being added to day by day. As with the subject of 



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