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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 
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tropical parts of South America. The genera adopted by Messrs. 
Sclater and Salvin are the following ; — 
Clypeiderus (1 sp.), Upper Amazon; Ocyalus (2 sp.), Upper 
Amazon to Mexico ; Ostinops (8 sp.), Brazil and Bolivia to 
Mexico; Qassimlus (1 sp.), Mexico ; Cassicus { 10 sp.), South 
Brazil and Bolivia to Costa Rica ; Icterus (34 sp.), La Plata to 
the Antilles and United States; Dolichonyx (1 sp.), Paraguay 
to Canada; Molothrus (8 sp.), La Plata to Northern United 
States ; Agelceus (7 sp.), La PJata and Chili to Northern United 
States ; Xcmtliocephalus (1 sp.), Mexico to California and Canada ; 
Xanthosomus (4 sp.), La Plata to Yenezuela; Amblyrhamphus 
(1 sp.), La Plata and Bolivia ; Gymnomystax (1 sp.), Amazonia 
and Guiana ; Pseudoleistes (2 sp.), La Plata and Brazil ; Leistes 
(3 sp.), La Plata to Yenezuela ; Sturnella (5 sp.), Patagonia and 
Falkland Islands to Middle United States; Curceus (1 sp.), 
Chili ; Nesopsar (1 sp.), Jamaica ; Seolecophgaus (2 sp.), Mexico to 
Arctic Circle ; Lampropsar (4 sp.), Amazonia and Ecuador to 
Mexico; Quiscalus (10 sp.), Yenezuela and Columbia to South 
and Central United States ; Hypopyrrhus (1 sp.), Columbia ; 
Aphdbus (1 sp.), Brazil and Bolivia ; Cassidix (2 sp.), Brazil to 
Mexico and Cuba. 
Family 32. — TANAGRIDAE. (43 Genera, 304 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Nearctic 
Sub-regions. 
P A L/E ARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
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Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The Tanagers are an extensive family of varied and beautiful 
fruit-eating birds, almost peculiar to the Neotropical region, only 
four species of a single genus (Pyranga) extending into the 
Eastern United States and Pocky Mountains. Southward they 
range to La Plata. They are especially abundant in the forest 
regions of South America east of the Andes, where no less 
than 40 out of the 43 genera occur; 23 of the genera are 
peculiar to this sub-region, while only X ( Phlogothrcmpis) is 
