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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 
[part IV. 
Family 78.— PALAEORNITHIDaE. (8 Genera, 65 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Nearctic 
S UB-REGIONS. 
P ALAD ARCTIC 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions, 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
1 . 2-4 
1 . 2 . 3.4 
1.2 
I class here a group of birds brought together, for the most 
part, by geographical distribution as well as by agreement in in- 
ternal structure, but which is nevertheless of a very uncertain 
and provisional character. 
Palceornis (18 sp.), the Oriental region, Mauritius, Rodriguez, 
and Seychelle Islands, and a species in Tropical Africa, apparently 
identical with the Indian P. torquatus, and therefore— considering 
the very ancient intercourse between the two countries, and the 
improbability of the species remaining unchanged if originating 
by natural causes — most likely the progeny of domestic birds in- 
troduced from India. Prioniturus (3 sp.), Celebes and the 
Philippine Islands ; ( 2061 ) Geoffroyus (5 sp.), Bouru to Timor and 
the Solomon Islands ; Tanygnathus (5 sp.), Philippines, Celebes, 
and Moluccas to New Guinea ; Eclectus (8 sp.), Moluccas and 
Papuan Islands ; Psittinus (1 sp.), Tenasserim to Sumatra and 
Borneo ; Cydopsitta (8 sp.), Papuan Islands, Philippines and 
North-east Australia; Loriculus (17 sp.), ranges over the whole 
Oriental region to Flores, the Moluccas, and the Papuan island 
of Mysol; but most of the species are concentrated in the district 
including the Philippines, Celebes, Gilolo, and Flores, there 
being 1 in India, 1 in South China, 1 in Ceylon, 1 in Java, X in 
Malacca, Sumatra, and Borneo, 3 in Celebes, 5 in the Philip- 
pines, and the rest in the Moluccas, Mysol, and Flores. This 
genus forms a transition to the next family. 
