ii. 114
zoological characteristics of, ii. 115 mammalia of, ii. 115 birds of, ii. 116 reptiles of, ii. 119 amphibia of, ii. 120 fresh-water fishes of, ii. 120 summary of vertebrata of, ii. 120 insects of, ii. 122 land and fresh-water shells of, ii. 124 sub-regions of, ii. 125 concluding remarks on, ii. 138 tables of distribution of animals of, ii. 139
Nearctic and Neotropical regions, no decided boundary between, ii. 117
_Nebria_, ii. 489
_Necrornis_, European Miocene, i. 161
NECTARINIIDÆ, ii. 276
_Nectarinia_, ii. 276
_Nectarophila_, ii. 276
_Nectogale_, ii. 190
_Necydalis_, ii. 502
_Necyria_, ii. 476
_Nelicurvius_, ii. 286
_Nemachilus_, ii. 453
_Nematogenys_, ii. 444
NEMEOBIIDÆ, ii. 475
_Nemeobius_, ii. 475
NEMORHEDINÆ, ii. 224
_Nemorhedus_, ii. 224
_Nemoricola_, ii. 290
_Nemosia_, ii. 99
_Neobatrachus_, ii. 420
_Neochloe_, ii. 280
_Neocorys_, ii. 290
_Neoctantes_, ii. 104
_Neomeris_, ii. 209
_Neomorphus_, ii. 309
_Neophasia_, ii. 478
_Neophron_, ii. 346
_Neopipo_, ii. 102
_Neopus_, ii. 348
_Neorhynchus_, ii. 285
_Neosorex_, ii. 191
_Neotoma_, ii. 230
_Neotomys_, ii. 230
_Neotragus_, ii. 224
Neotropical region, defined, i. 78 subdivisions of, i. 78 relations of W. African sub-region with, i. 265 description of, ii. 1 zoological features of, ii. 5 birds of, ii. 6, 7 distinctive features of mammalia of, ii. 6 reptiles of, ii. 9 amphibia of, ii. 11 fresh-water fishes of, ii. 12 summary of vertebrates of, ii. 13 insects of, ii. 13 land-shells of, ii. 19 marine shells of, ii. 20 summary of past history of, ii. 80 tables of distribution of animals of, ii. 84
Neotropical sub-regions, ii. 21
_Neoziphius_, ii. 208
_Nephæcetes_, ii. 320
_Neptis_, ii. 474
NERITIDÆ, ii. 510
_Neritina_, ii. 510
_Nerophis_, ii. 457
_Nesoceleus_, ii. 303
_Nesocichla_, ii. 256
_Nesodon_, S. American Pliocene, i. 147
_Nesomys_, ii. 230
_Nesonetta_, ii. 364
_Nesopsar_, ii. 282
_Nessia_, ii. 399
_Nestor_, ii. 329
NESTORIDÆ, ii. 329
_Nettapus_, ii. 363
_Neusterophis_, ii. 376
Newberry, Dr., on Cretaceous and Tertiary floras of N. America, ii. 155
Newton, Professor, on position of _Menuridæ_ and _Atrichiidæ_, i. 95 on birds of Iceland, i. 198 on Neotropical sub-regions, ii. 25 on genus _Camptolæmus_, ii. 39 on peculiar genera of Nearctic and Neotropical birds, ii. 118 on family _Panuridæ_, ii. 262
_Newtonia_, ii. 270
Newts, ii. 413
New Caledonia, birds of, i. 444
New Guinea, zoology of, i. 409 mammalia of, i. 410 birds of, i. 411 peculiarities of its ornithology, i. 413 illustration of ornithology of, i. 414 reptiles and amphibia of, i. 415 insects of, i. 416
New Zealand, objections to making a primary zoological region, i. 62 extinct birds of, i. 164 sub region, description of, i. 449 compared with British Isles, i. 449 mammalia of, i. 451 islets of, i. 453 illustration of ornithology of, i. 455 reptiles of, i. 456 amphibia of, i. 457 fresh-water fish of, i. 457 insects of, i. 458 Longicorns of, i. 458 Myriapoda of, i. 458 land-shells of, i. 459 ancient fauna of, i. 460 origin of fauna of, i. 460 poverty of insects in, i. 462 relations of insect-fauna and flora of, i. 472
_Nicator_, ii. 272
Nicobar Islands, their zoological relations, i. 332
Nightingale, migration of the, i. 21
Night-jars, ii. 319
_Nigidius_, ii. 493
_Nigrita_, ii. 286
_Nilaus_, ii. 272
_Niltava_, ii. 270
_Ninox_, ii. 350
_Nisaëtus_, ii. 348
_Nisoides_, ii. 348
_Nisoniades_, ii. 480
NOCTILIONIDÆ, ii. 184
Nocturnal tree-snakes, ii. 379
_Nonnula_, ii. 311
_Norbea_, ii. 397
Norfolk Island, birds of, i. 453
North Africa, zoological relations of, i. 202
North America, remarks on Post-Pliocene, fauna of, i. 130 Post-Pliocene fauna of, partly derived from S. America, i. 131 extinct birds of, i. 163
Northern Hemisphere, zoological importance of, ii. 155
NOTACANTHI, ii. 437
_Notaden_, ii. 415
_Notharctos_, N. American Tertiary, i. 133
_Nothocerus_, ii. 344
_Nothocrax_, ii. 343
_Nothoprocta_, ii. 344
_Nothura_, ii. 344
NOTIDANIDÆ, ii. 461
_Notiophilus_, ii. 489
_Notodela_, ii. 259
_Notoglanis_, ii. 443
_Notonomus_, ii. 490
NOTOPTERIDÆ, ii. 455
_Notopholis_, ii. 391
Notornis of New Zealand, i. 455
_Notornis_, ii. 352
_Nototherium_, Australian Post-Tertiary, i. 157