The geographical distribution of animals, with a study of the relations ...

INDEX. 501Region, the best term for the primary zoologicaldivisions, 68Arctic, why not adopted, 69Palaearctic, defined, 71Palaearctic, subdivisions of, 71Ethiopian, defined, 73Ethiopian, subdivisions of, 73Oriental, defined, 75Oriental, subdivisions of, 75Australian, defined, 77Australian, subdivisions of, 77Neotropical, defined, 78Neotropical, subdivisions of, T8Nearctic, defined, 79Nearctic, distinct from Palaearctic, 79Nearctic. subdivisions of, 80Regions, zoological, 50zoological, how they should be formed, 53zoological, may be defined by negative orpositive characters, 54zoological, by what class of animals bestdetermined, 56for each class of animals, not advisable,58zoological, proposed since 1857, 58zoological, Mr. Sclater's, 59zoological, discussion of those proposedby various authors, 61zoological, proportionate richness of, 64temperate and tropical, well marked illnorthern hemisphere, 65and zones, table of, 66comparative richness of, 81and sub-regions, table of, 81order of succession of the, 173Representative species, 4Reptiles, means of dispersal of, 28classification of, 98Miocene of Greece, 116of Indian Miocene deposits, 123extinct Tertiary, 165cosmopolitan groups of, 176peculiar to Palaearctic region, 186of Central Europe, 195of the Mediteiranean sub-region, £04of Siberian sub-region, 220of the Manchurian sub-region, 227table of Palaearctic families of, £36of the Ethiopian region, 254of the East African sub-region, 260of West Africa, 264S. African, 268of Madagascar, 279table of Ethiopian families of, 297of the Oriental region, 317of the Indian sub-region, 326of Ceylon, 327of Indo-Chinese sub-region, 331of Indo-Malay sub-region, 340table of Oriental families of. 368of the Australian region, 396of New Guinea, 415of the Moluccas, 4£0of the Polynesian sub-region, 447of New Zealand, 456table of Australian families of, 472Rhea, in Brazilian caves, 164Rhinoceros, Post- Pliocene, 112European Pliocene, 113Miocene of Greece, 116Indian Miocene, 122fossil remain.' of, at 16,000 feet elevationin Thibet, 122fossil in N China, 123N. American Tertiary, 136Rhinoceros-hornbill, figure of, 339Rhinocerotidm, N. American Tertiary, 136River-hog, of West Africa, figure of, 264of Madagascar, figure of, 278Rivers, limiting the range of mammalia, 12limiting the range of birds, 17River-scene in West Africa, 264Kodentia, classification of, 90range of Palsarctic genera of, 242range of Ethiopian genera of, 304range of Oriental genera of, 374range of Australian genera of, 476Rodentia, European Pliocene, 113Miocene of Greece, 116European Miocene, 120European Eocene, 126N. American Post-Pliocene, 130N. American Tertiary, 139of Brazilian ca\es, 144S. American Pliocene, 147of S. American Eocene, 148Ruff, figure of, 1958.Sahara, a debatable land, 251Saiga, antelope of W. Tartary, 218Samoa Islands, birds of, 413Sandwich Islands, birds of, 445probable past history of, 446mountain plants of, 446depth of ocean around, 447Sand grouse, Pallas, of Mongolia, 226Suty rites Rei/nesii, .European Cretaceous insect,167Saunders, Mr. Edward, on the Buprestidae ofJapan, 229Scelidotherium, in Brazilian caves, 145S. American Pliocene, 147SchistopUurum, S. American Pliocene, 147Schweinfurth, Dr., ou natural history of Centra]Africa, 252on limits of W. African sub-region, 262{note)Sciurus, European Miocene, 120European Eocene, 126Scivravvs, N. American Eocene, 140Sclater, Mr., on zoological regions, 59why his six regions are adopted, 63on birds of Sandwich Islands, 445Sea, as a barrier to mammalia, 13Seals, fossil in European Miocene, 118of Lake Baikal, 218Secondary formations, mammalian remainsin, 159Secretary bird of Africa, figure of, 261Semnopithccus, European Pliocene, 112Miocene of Greece, 115European Miocene, 117Indian Miocene, 121Semper, Dr., on Philippine mammalia, 345Serpentarius, European Miocene, 162Seychelle Islands, zoology of, 281amphibia of, 281'Sharp, Dr., on Japan beetles, 229Sharpe, Mr. R. B., his arrangement of Accipitres,97on birds of Cape Verd Islands, 215Sheep, Palaearctic, 182Siberia, climate of. 217Siberian sub-region, description of, 216mammalia nf, 217birds of, 219reptiles and amphibia of, 220insects of, 220Simocyon, Miocene of Greece, 115