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_Zeus_, ii. 429

_Zeuxidia_, ii. 472

_Zoarces_, ii. 431

_Zonites_, ii. 516

_Zonites priscus_, Palæozoic, i. 169

_Zonotrichia_, ii. 284

ZONURIDÆ, ii. 391

_Zonurus_, ii. 392

Zoological characteristics of Palæarctic region, i. 181 Ethiopian region, i. 252 Oriental region, i. 315 Australian region, i. 390 of Neotropical region, ii. 5 of Nearctic region, ii. 115

Zoological regions, discussion on, i. 50 their origin and relations, ii. 155-161

_Zoothera_, ii. 256

_Zootoca_, ii. 391

_Zosterops_, ii. 277

_Zygæna_, ii. 481

ZYGÆNIDÆ, ii. 481

_Zygnopsis_, ii. 398

THE END.

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Notes

[1] Messrs. Sclater and Salvin, and Professor Newton, divide the Neotropical Region into six sub-regions, of which our "Brazilian sub-region" comprises three--the "Brazilian," the "Amazonian," and the "Columbian;" but, after due consideration, it does not seem advisable to adopt this subdivision in a general work which treats of all the classes of terrestrial animals. (See p. 27.)

[2] Mr. Salvin, who has critically examined the ornithological fauna of these islands, has kindly corrected my MS. List of the Birds, his valuable paper in the _Transactions of the Zoological Society_ not having been published in time for me to make use of it.

[3] This name will be used for the whole island of St. Domingo, as being both shorter and more euphonious, and avoiding all confusion with Dominica, one of the Lesser Antilles. It is also better known than "Hispaniola," which is perhaps the most correct name.

[4] Myospalax has hitherto formed part of the next family, Spalacidæ; but a recent examination of its anatomy by M. Milne-Edwards shows that it belongs to the Muridæ, and comes near Arvicola.

[5] The species of the genera _Phylloscopus_ and _Hypolais_ are so mixed up in the _Hand List_, that Mr. Tristram has furnished me with the following enumeration of the species which in his view properly belong to them, by the numbers in that work:--

_Phylloscopus._ 3032 3033 3048 = 3038 3039 3063 = 3047 = 3054 = 3061 3048 3049 3050 3051 3052 3053 3056 = 3081 3057 3059 3060

_Hypolais._ 3026 3028 3029 3054 = 3031 = 3036 3042 3043 304 3062 = 3047 3046 = 2932 3035 2976

[6] The term "Malaya" is used here to include the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java, a district to which many species and genera are confined. "Malay Archipelago" will be used to include both Indo-Malaya and Austro-Malaya.