CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 
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Indo-Chinese Sub-region (p. 333) — Indo-Malaya, or the Malayan Sub-region 
(p. 334) — Malayan Insects (p. 341) — The Zoological Relations of the several 
Islands of the Indo-Malay Sub-region (p. 345) — Philippine Islands (p. 345) — 
Java (p. 349) — Malacca, Sumatra, and Borneo (p. 353)— Probable recent Geo- 
graphical Changes in the Indo-Malay Islands (p. 357) — Probable Origin of the 
Malayan Fauna (p. 359)— Concluding Remarks on the Oriental Region (p. 362) 
— Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Oriental Region (p, 365) — 
Table II. Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia and Birds in the Oriental Re- 
gion (p. 371) 314—386 
CHAPTER XIII. 
THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
General Zoological Characteristics of the Australian Region (p. 390) — Summary 
of the Australian Vertebrata (p. 397) — Supposed Land-connection between 
Australia and South America (p. 398)— Insects (p. 403) — Land shells (p. 407) 
— Australian Sub-regions (p. 408) — Austro-Malayan Sub-region (p. 409) — 
Papua, or the New Guinea Group (p. 409) — The Moluccas (p. 417) — Insects — 
Peculiarities of the Moluccan Fauna (p. 420) — Timor Group {p. 422) — 
Celebes Group (p. 426) — Origin of the Fauna of Celebes (p. 436)— Australia 
and Tasmania, or the Australian Sub-region (p. 438) — The Pacific Islands, or 
Polynesian Sub-region {p. 442) — Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa Islands (p. 443) — 
Society and Marquesas Islands (p. 443) — Ladrone and Caroline Islands (p. 444) 
— New Caledonia and the New Hebrides (p. 444)— Sandwich Islands (p. 445) 
— Reptiles of the Polynesian Sub-region (p. 448) — New Zealand Sub-region 
(p. 449) — Islets of the New Zealand Sub-region (p. 453) — Reptiles, Amphibia, 
and Fresh-water Fishes (p. 456) — Insects (p. 457) — The Ancient Fauna of New 
Zealand (p. 459) — The Origin of the New Zealand Fauna (p. 459)— Causes of 
the Poverty of Insect-life in New Zealand : its Influence on the Character of 
the Flora (p. 462) — Concluding Remarks on the Early History of the Austra- 
lian Region (p. 464) — Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Australian 
Region {p. 468) — Table II. Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia and Birds of the 
Australian Region (p. 473) 387 — 485 
Index to Vol. I 
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