CHAPTER XII.

THE ORIENTAL REGION.

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)--Range of the Genera of Mammalia which inhabit the Sub-region of Hindostan (p. 322)--Oriental, Palæarctic, and Ethiopian Genera of Birds in Central India (p. 224)--Sub-region of Ceylon and South India (p. 326)--The Past History of Ceylon and South India, as indicated by its Fauna (p. 328)--Himalayan or Indo-Chinese Sub-region (p. 329)--Islands of the 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 Geographical 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 Region (p. 371) 314-386