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found tlioro, only one is found in any of the other subn-gioiis ; and of thiit owe. ilic M;j.layuri 
varieties have frequently been classed as separate species. 
To sum up, of the genera one is peculiar to Sumatra only, another to the Malfiyan 
archipelago, the remaining two are spread throughout the entire region. Oi' the I'oiii 
subgenera of Megalcema, one is spread throughout the four divisions, one is [)0(;uliar to 
the Himalayas, another to the Malayan region, and the fourth is found in all the sub- 
regions, except the Malayan. All further details will be seen from the accornpuriying 
tabular statement : — 
Distribution of the Ca^ntonidw in the Asiatic Region. 
I. zeyla 
inornata 
hodgsoni 
lineata 
phaeostriata .... 
r M. asiatica 
\ franklinii 
[ fJavifixms 
CM., versicolor 
chrysopogon . . . . 
chrysopsis 
javensis 
corvina 
mystacophonus. 
nebulosa 
oorti 
henricii 
armillaris 
nuchalis 
faber 
australis 
duvauoelii 
cyanotis 
legracdieri .... 
P. pyrolophus .... 
'X. flavigula 
rosea 
malabarica .... 
rubricapilla 
C. lathami 
fuliginosus....... 
Ceylon. India. Himalaya; 
II. The African or Ethiopian region is inhabited throughout by the Barbets, and contains 
seven genera, one subgenus, and thirty species. Of the seven genera three have as yet only 
