GENERAL INDEX. 
585 
LYCJENIDiE, ii. 477 
Lycalopex. i 197 
LYCOUlDiE, ii. 439 
Lycodon, ii. 3S0 
LY CODONT1 DiE, ii. 380 
Lycophldion, ii. 380 
Lycorca, ii. 470 
Lygosoma, ii. 397 
Lygosoviella, ii. 397 
Lymanopoda, ii. 471 
Lymnas, ii. 470 
Lyncornis, ii. 320 
Lyncus, ii. 193 
Lytorhynchus , ii. 376 
Lyre-bird, figure of, i. 441 
ii. 298 
M. 
Mabowja, ii. 397 
Macacus, European Pliocene, i. 112 
Miocene of Greece, i. 115 
Indian Miocene, i. 121 
supposed in European Eocene, i. 125 
ii. 173 
ii. 178 
Macaws, ii. 327 
Mach air odus, i. 110, 111 
Miocene of Greece, i. 115 
European Miocene, i. 118 
Indian Miocene, i. 121 
N. American Tertiary, i. 134 
in Brazilian caves, i. 144 
8. American Pliocene, i. 146 
ii. 193 
Machetornis, ii. 101 
Machcerhamphus, ii. 349 
Machcerirhy nchus, ii. 271 
Machceropterus, ii. 102 
Machetes, ii. 353 
Macrauchenia, S. American Pliocene, i. 146 
Macrocalamvs, ii. 374 
Macroceramus, ii 516 
Macrochilus, ii. 491 
Macrocyclis, ii. 516 
Macrodipteryx, ii. 320 
Macrodon, ii. 445 
Macroglossa, ii. 482 
Macrones, ii. 442 
Macromis, ii. 261 
Mctcronyx, ii. 290 
MACRO PODIDiE, ii 250 
Macropus, ii. 251 
Macropygia, ii. 332 
Macrorhamphns, ii. 353 
MACROSCELlDIDiE, ii. 186 
Macroscelides, ii. 186 
Macrosila, ii. 482 
Macrotherinm, Miocene of Greece, L 116 
European Miocene, i. 121 
ii. 246 
Macrotvs californicus, ii. 182 
M ACROU RIDjE, ii. 440 
MACTRIDA3, ii- 443 
Madagascar, extinct birds of, i. 164 
description of, i. 272 
mammalia of, i. 272 
birds of, i. 274 
reptiles of, i. 279 
amphibia of. i. 280 
extinct fauna of, i. 282 
general remarks on insect fauna of, t 284 
Madeira, birds of, i. 208 
land-shells of, L 208 
beetles of, i. 210 
Madeira, wingless insects numerous in, i. 211 
how stocked with animals, i. 213 
MALACANTHED2E, ii. 433 
Malacca, Sumatra, and Borneo, zoological 
unity of, i. 353 
comparison of mammalia, i. 354 
of birds, i. 355 
Malacocircus, ii. 261 
Malacopteron, ii. 261 
MalacoptUa, ii. 310 
Malacorhynchus , ii. 364 
Malacothrix, ii. 230 
Malagasy sub-region, description of, i, 272 
mammalia of, i. 272 
birds of, i. 274 
illustration of zoology of, i, 278 
reptiles of, i, 279 
amphibia of, i. 280 
extinct fauna of, i. 282, 289 
insects of, i. 282 
early history of, i. 286 
M adapter ur us, ii. 443 
Malaya and Indo-Malaya, terms defined, i. 
345 (note) 
Malaya, meaning of term, ii. 261 
Malay Archipelago, distribution of butterflies 
in ii. 484 
distribution of Cieindelidse in, ii. 487 
distribution of Longicorns in, ii. 500 
Malayan forms of life reappearing in West 
Africa,!. 263 
fauna, probable origin of, i. 359 
resemblances to that of Madagascar aud 
Ceylon explained, i. 361 
Malimbus, ii. 286 
Mallodon, ii. 501 
Mallotus, ii. 447 
Malta, Post-Pliocene fauna of, i. 114 
formerly joined to Africa, i. 201 
fossil elephants of, i. 201 
birds of, i. 206 (note) 
Mcdurvs, ii. 258 
Mammal, the most ancient American, i, 134 
Mammalia, means of dispersal of, i, 10 
as limited by climate, i. 11 
as limited by rivers, i. 12 
how far limited by the sea, i. 13 
dispersed by ice-floes and drift-wood, i. 
14 
means of dispefsal of aquatic, i. 15 
of most importance in determining zoo- 
logical regions, i. 57 
classification of, i. 85 
birthplace and migrations of some families 
of, i. 142, 153 
cosmopolitan groups of, i. 176 
of the Palaearctic region, i. 181 
of the European sub-region, i. 192 
of the Mediterranean sub-region, i. 202 
of the Siberian sub-region, i. 217 
characteristic of Western Tartary, i. 218 
of the Manchurian sub-region, i. 2z2 
Palmare tic genera of, in the Manchurian 
sub-region, i. 222 
Oriental genera of, on borders of same 
sub-region, i. 223 
peculiar to Japan, i. 223 
characteristic of N. W. China and Mongolia, 
i. 226 
table of Palaearctic families of, i. 234 
range of Palaearctic genera of, i. 239 
of the Ethiopian region, i. 253 
absence of certain important groups, i, 253 
of the K. African sub-region, i. 260 
of W. Africa, i. 262 
of 8. Africa, i, 267 
