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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 
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(5 sp.), Patagonia to Greenland ; Uropsila (1 sp.), Mexico ; Do- 
nacobius (2 sp.), Tropical America; Campylorhynchus (18 sp.), 
Brazil, and Bolivia to Mexico and tlie Gila valley ; Cyphorhinus 
(5 sp.), Equatorial South America to Costa Pica ; Micvocerculus 
(5 sp.), Brazil and Peru to Mexico ; Hmicorhina (2 sp.), Peru 
and Guiana to Costa Pica ; Salpinetes (1 sp.), Higli Plains of 
Pocky Mountains ; Catherpes (1 sp.), Mexico and Pio Grande; 
Cinnicerthia (2 sp.), Ecuador and Columbia. ( 760 ) Sylvietta 
(2 sp.), Tropical and South Africa, — is placed in this family by 
Mr. Tristram. 
Family 7.-t-CHAMzEIDtE. (1 Genus, 1 Species). 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
SUB-REGIONS, 
Nearctic 
Sub-regions. 
Palaiarctic 
Sub- r egions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-kegions, 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
The bird which forms the genus Chamma inhabits California ; 
and though allied to the wrens it has certain peculiarities of struc- 
ture which, in the opinion of many ornithologists, require that 
it should he placed in a distinct family. 
Family 8. — CEPTHIIILE. (6 Genera, 18 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Nearctic 
Sub-regions. 
Palasarctic 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The Certhiidae, or Creepers, form a small family whose species 
are thinly scattered over North America from Mexico, the Palae- 
arctic region, parts of the Oriental region, and Australia, where 
they are somewhat more abundant. The distribution of the 
genera is as follows : 
Certhia (6 sp.), Nearctic and Palsearctic regions, Nepal, and Sik- 
him; SaJpornis (1 sp.), Central India ; Tichodromct (1 sp.), South 
