CONTENTS. 
PART I. 
THE DISPERSAL OF ORGANISMS; ITS PHENOMENA, LAWS, AND CAUSES. 
CHAPTER I. 
INTRODUCTORY. 
Remarkable Contrasts in the distribution of Animals — Britain and Japan — Australia 
and New Zealand — Bali and Lombok — Florida and Bahama Islands — Brazil and 
Africa — Borneo, Madagascar, and Celebes — Problems in distribution to be found in 
every country — Can be solved only by the combination of many distinct lines of 
inquiry, biological and physical — Islands offer the best subjects for the study of 
distribution — Outline of the subjects to be discussed in the present volume. 
Pages 3 — 11 
CHAPTER II. 
THE ELEMENTARY FACTS OF DISTRIBUTION. 
Importance of Locality as an essential character of Species— Areas of Distribution — 
Extent and Limitations of Specific Areas — Specific range of Birds — Generic 
Areas — Separate and overlapping areas — The species of Tits as illustrating Areas 
of Distribution — The distribution of the species of Jays — Discontinuous generic 
areas — Peculiarities of generic and family distribution — General features of over- 
lapping and discontinuous areas — Restricted areas of Families — The distribution 
of Orders Pages 12 — 30 
CHAPTER III. 
CLASSIFICATION OF THE FACTS OF DISTRIBUTION. — ZOOLOGICAL REGIONS. 
The Geographical Divisions of the Globe do not correspond to Zoological Divisions— 
The range of British Mammals as indicating a Zoological Region — Range of East 
Asian and North African Mammals— The Range of British Birds— Range of East 
Asian Birds — The limits of the Palsearctic Region— Characteristic features of the 
Palsearctic Region — Definition and characteristic groups of the Ethiopian Region 
— Of the Oriental Region — Of the Australian Region — Of the Nearctic Region 
— Of the Neotropical Region — Comparison of Zoological Regions with the Geo- 
graphical Divisions of the Globe Pages 31 — 53 
