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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 
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Family 114. — PLATALEIDAE. (6 Genera, 30 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
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Sub-regions. 
Palacarctic 
SUB-REGIONS. 
Ethiopian 
SUB-REGIONS, 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions, 
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The Plataleidse, including the Spoonbills and Ibises, have 
been classed either with the Herons or the Storks, but have 
most affinity with the latter. Though not very numerous they 
are found over the greater part of the globe, except the colder 
zones and the Pacific Islands. The following is the distribu- 
tion of the genera : — 
Platalea (6 sp.), all the warmer parts of the globe except the 
Moluccas and Pacific Islands; Ibis (2 sp.). Temperate North 
America and Tropical South America ; Falcinellus (2 sp.), 
almost cosmopolitan ; Geronticus (19 sp.), all Tropical countries 
and Temperate South America; Scopus (1 sp.). Tropical and 
South Africa; Balceniceps (1 sp.), the Upper Nile. This last 
genus the “Shoe-bird,” or boat-billed heron, perhaps forms a 
distinct family. 
Family 115— CICONIIDAE. (5 Genera, 20 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Nearctic 
Sub-regions. 
Pal^earctic 
Sub- regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
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The Ciconiidie, or Storks, are mostly an Old World family, 
only three species inhabiting the Neotropical, and one, the 
Nearctic region. They are also absent from the islands of the 
Pacific, the Antilles, and, with one exception, from Madagascar. 
The genera are as follows : — 
Ciconia (6 sp.), ranges through the Palaearctic, Ethiopian and 
