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be advisable to read the more important articles of Part IV. (and especially the observations at the end of each order) after Part II., thus making Part III. the conclusion of the work.
be advisable to read the more important articles of Part IV. (and especially the observations at the end of each order) after Part II., thus making Part III. the conclusion of t...
2. Part IV. is, in fact, a book of reference, in which the distribution of allthe families and most of the genera of the higher animals, is given in systematic order. Part III. is treated somewhat more popularly; and, although it is necessarily crowded wi...
3. CHAPTER II.Means of Dispersal of Mammalia (p. 10)--Climate as a Limit to the Range of Mammals (p. 11)--Valleys and Rivers as Barriers to Mammals (p. 12)-- Arms of the Sea as Barriers to Ma...
4. CHAPTER III.Land and Water (p. 35)--Continental Areas (p. 36)--Recent Changes in the Continental Areas (p. 38)--The Glacial Epoch as affecting the Distribution of Animals (p. 40)--Changes o...
5. CHAPTER IV.Principles upon which Zoological Regions should be formed (p. 53)--Which class of Animals is of most importance in determining Zoological Regions (p. 56)--Various Zoological Reg...
6. CHAPTER V.Classification of the Mammalia (p. 85)--Classification of Birds (p. 92)-- Classification of Reptiles (p. 98)--Classification of Amphibia (p. 100)-- Classification of Fishes (p....
7. CHAPTER VI.Historic and Post-pliocene Period (p. 110)--Pliocene Period (p. 112)-- General Conclusions as to the Pliocene and Post-pliocene Faunas of Europe (p. 113)--Miocene Period (p. 114...
8. CHAPTER VII.North America--Post-pliocene Period (p. 129)--Remarks on the Post- pliocene Fauna of North America (p. 130)--Tertiary Period (p. 132)-- Primates (p. 132)--Insectivora (p. 133)--...
9. CHAPTER VIII.Extinct Mammalia of Australia (p. 157)--Mammalian Remains of the Secondary Formations (p. 159)--Extinct Birds (p. 160)--Palæarctic Region and North India (p. 161)--North America...
10. PART III.11. CHAPTER IX.12. CHAPTER X.Zoological Characteristics of the Palæarctic Region (p. 181)--Summary of Palæarctic Vertebrata (p. 186)--Insects (p. 187)--Land-shells (p. 190)-- The Palæarctic Sub-regions (p....
13. CHAPTER XI.Zoological Characteristics of the Ethiopian Region (p. 252)--Summary of Ethiopian Vertebrates (p. 255)--The Ethiopian Sub-regions (p. 258)--The East African Sub-region, or Centr...
14. CHAPTER XII.Zoological Characteristics of the Oriental Region (p. 315)--Summary of Oriental Vertebrata (p. 318)--The Oriental Sub-regions (p. 321)-- Hindostan, or Indian Sub-region (p. 321)...
15. CHAPTER XIII.General Zoological Characteristics of the Australian Region (p. 390)-- Summary of the Australian Vertebrata (p. 397)--Supposed Land-connection between Australia and South Americ...
16. PART I.It is a fact within the experience of most persons, that the various species of animals are not uniformly dispersed over the surface of the country. If we have a tolerable acqua...
17. Chapter IX. As a matter of convenience, and for other reasons adduced inthe same chapter, the detailed exposition of the geographical distribution of the animals of the several regions in Part III. commences with the Palæarctic and terminates with t...
18. PART II.Although it may seem somewhat out of place to begin the systematic treatment of our subject with extinct rather than with living animals, it is necessary to do so in order that...
19. PART III.Having discussed, in our First Part, such general and preliminary matters as are necessary to a proper comprehension of our subject; and having made ourselves acquainted, in our...