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From the foregoing Table it appears : — 



1. That the genus Alcedo is not represented in the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions, nor 

 in the Australian Region proper. 



2. That the Palaearctic Region has one peculiar species, while one Indian species just 

 reaches its north-eastern limit. 



3. That the Ethiopian Region has two peculiar species, while one Indian species just 

 reaches its north-eastern limit. 



4. That the Indian Region has one peculiar species. Three others, which have their 

 maximum range within its limits, wander slightly beyond the boundaries, and therefore 

 cannot be called peculiar to the region. 



5. That the Australian Region, or, more properly speaking, the Austro-Malayan subregion, 

 has one peculiar species. 



Genus 2. Corythornis. 



Range of the Genus. 

 Strictly confined to the Ethiopian Region. 



Range of the Species. 



1. C. cristata. Found only in Madagascar and the adjacent islands. 



2. C. cyanostigma. A bird of wide distribution over the entire African continent, but not 

 extending to the Mascarene subregion, where it is replaced by C. cristata. 



3. C. galerita. Confined to the west coast of Africa. Wherever it is found it appears 

 that C. cyanostigma also occurs, with the exception of the islands in the Bight of Biafra, 

 where C. galerita is found, but where C. cyanostigma has been only doubtfully met with. 



Table of the Geographical Distribution of the Genus Corythornis. 





Ethiopian Region. 



North-east 

 Africa. 



East Africa. 



South Africa. 



West Africa. 



Madagascar. 



Abyssinia. 



Bogos Land. 



White Nile. 



| Blue Nile. 



Zambesi. 



| Transvaal. 





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Genus 3. Alcyone. 

 Range of the Genus. 



Over the Australian continent, and throughout the Papuan Islands and Austro-Malayan 



