CHAP. XVIII.] 
BIRDS. 
277 
Sula Islands, and Flores ; Cosmeteira (1 sp.), Papuan Islands ; 
Arachnothera (15 sp.), the Oriental region (excluding Philippines) 
Celebes, Lombok, and Papuan Islands. 
Family 24. — DICiEIDiE. (5 Genera, 107 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
N I'OTROPtCAL 
Nearotic 
P A L.E ARCTIC 
Ethiopian i 
1 Oriental I 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
S UB-KEGIONS. 
Sub- regions. 
Sub-region a 
Sub-regions. 
NUB-REGIONS. 
1 . 2 . 3.4 
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 
1 . 2 . 3 .4 
The Dicaeidse, or Flower-peckers, consist of very small, gaily- 
coloured birds, rather abundant over the whole Oriental and 
much of the Australian regions, and one genu3 extending over 
the Ethiopian region. The genera here adopted are the fol- 
lowing : — 
( 622 ) Zosterops (68 sp.), the whole Ethiopian, Oriental, and 
Australian regions, as far east as the Fiji Islands, and north to 
Pekin and Japan ; ( 400 - 403 ) Dicosum (25 sp.), the whole Oriental 
region, except China, with the Australian region as far as the 
Solomon Islands; ( 404 ) Pachyglossa (2 sp. 1437 1442 ), Nepal and 
Northern Celebes ; ( 405 ) Piprisoma (2 sp ), Himalayas to Ceylon 
and Timor; ( 1450 ) Pardcdotus (10 sp.), Australia and Tasmania; 
(407 - 409) PrionocHlus (5 sp.), Indo-Malay sub-region and Papuan 
Islands. 
Family 25.— DEEPANIDID^E. (4 Genera, 8 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Nearctic 
Sub-regions. 
Pal^e arctic 
Sub- regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-reuions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
The Drepanididse are confined to the Sandwich Islands, and I 
follow Mr. Sclater’s suggestion in bringing together the following 
genera to form this family : — 
Drepanis (3 sp.) ; Hemignathus (3 sp.) ; Loxops (1 sp.) ; Psit- 
tirostm (1 sp.). If these are correctly associated, the great 
