CHAP. XIII.] 
THE AUSTRALIAN REGION. 
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ing to 34 genera. Of this latter number, IS, or nearly half, are 
peculiar; and there are also 5 peculiar genera of waders and 
aquatic birds, making 21 in all. Of the remaining genera of 
land-birds, four are cosmopolite or of very wide range, while the 
remainder are characteristic of the Australian region. The 
following is a list of the Australian genera found in New 
Zealand : Sphenccacus , Gerygone, Orthonyx (Sylviidae) ; Graucalus 
( C am pephag idae) ; Rhipidura (Muscicapidie) ; Anthockmra (Meli- 
phagidae) ; Zosterops (Dicseida?) ; Cyanoramphus (Platycercklae) ; 
Carpophaga (Columbidse) ; Hieracidea (Falconid.se) ; Tribonyx 
(Eallidae). Besides these there are several genera of wide 
range, as follows : — Anthus (Motacillidae) ; Hirundo (Hirun- 
dinidse) ; Chrysococcyx, Eudynamis (Cuculidae) ; Halcyon (Alce- 
dinidse) ; Coturnix (Tetraonida?) ; Circus (Falconidm) ; Athene 
(Strigidee). 
Most of the above genera are represented by peculiar New 
Zealand species, but in several cases the species are identical 
with those of Australia, as in the following : Anthochcera carun- 
culata , Zosterops lateralis, Hirundo nigricans, and Chrysococcyx 
lucidus ; also one — Eudynamis taitensis — which is Polynesian. 
We now come to the genera peculiar to New Zealand, which 
are of especial interest : 
List op Genera of Birds Peculiar to New Zealand. 
No. of 
Family and Genus. Species. 
Sylviidae. 
1. Myiomoira ... ... 3 
2. Miro ... ... ... 2 
Timaliid^e (?) 
3. Turnagra 2 
SlTTID^E. 
4. Xenicus ... ... 3 
5. Acanthisitta ... ... I 
Parid.e. 
6. Certhiparus -2 
Meliphagid.e. 
7. Prosthemadera ... 1 
8. Pogonomis ... ... 1 
3. Anthornis ... ... 3 
Remarks. 
Allied to Petroica,an Australian genus 
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Of doubtful affinities. 
Of doubtful affinities. 
Of doubtful affinities. 
Of doubtful affinities. 
Peculiar genera of honeysuckers, a 
family which is confined to the 
Australian Region. 
