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THE GEOGRAPHICAL
DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS
_WITH A STUDY OF THE RELATIONS OF LIVING AND EXTINCT FAUNAS AS ELUCIDATING
THE PAST CHANGES OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE._
BY
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE,
AUTHOR OF "THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO," ETC.
WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
_IN TWO VOLUMES.--VOLUME II._
London: MACMILLAN AND CO. 1876.
[_The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved._]
LONDON:
R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
BREAD STREET HILL.
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
PART III. (_continued_).
ZOOLOGICAL GEOGRAPHY: A REVIEW OF THE CHIEF FORMS OF
ANIMAL LIFE IN THE SEVERAL REGIONS AND SUB-REGIONS,
WITH THE INDICATIONS THEY AFFORD OF GEOGRAPHICAL MUTATIONS.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE NEOTROPICAL REGION.
General Zoological Features of the Neotropical Region (p. 5)--Distinctive
Characters of Neotropical Mammalia (p. 6)--Of Neotropical Birds (p. 7)--
Neotropical Reptiles (p. 9)--Fresh-water Fishes (p. 12)--Insects (p. 13)
--Coleoptera (p. 15)--Land Shells (p. 19)--Marine Shells (p. 20)--
Brazilian Sub-region (p. 21)--Its Mammalia (p. 23)--Its Birds (p. 24)--
Islands of Tropical South America, Galapagos (p. 29)--Chilian Sub-region
(p. 36)--Birds (p. 38)--Reptiles and Amphibia (p. 40)--Fresh-water
Fishes (p. 42)--Lepidoptera (p. 42)--Coleoptera (p. 44)--Islands of South
Temperate America (p. 49)--Mexican Sub-region (p. 51)--Mammalia and
Birds (p. 52)--Reptiles and Fishes (p. 54)--Insects (p. 55)--Relations of
the Mexican Sub-region to the North and South American Continents (p. 57)
--Islands of the Mexican Sub-region (p. 59)--The Antillean Sub-region
(p. 60)--Its Mammalia (p. 62)--Its Birds (p. 64)--Table of the Resident
Land Birds of the Antilles (p. 68)--Reptiles (p. 72)--Insects (p. 73)--
Land Shells (p. 75)--Past History of the Antilles (p. 78)--Summary of the
Past History of the Neotropical Region (p. 80)--Table I. Families of
Animals inhabiting the Neotropical Region (p. 85)--Table II. Genera of
Terrestrial Mammalia and Birds of the Neotropical Region (p. 91)
1-113
CHAPTER XV.
THE NEARCTIC REGION.
Zoological Characteristics of the Nearctic Region (p. 115)--List of
Typical Nearctic Genera of Land Birds (p. 118)--Summary of Nearctic
Vertebrata (p. 120)--Insects (p. 122)--Terrestrial and Fluviatile
Mollusca (p. 124)--The Californian Sub-region (p. 127)--The Rocky
Mountain Sub-region (p. 129)--The Alleghany Sub-region (p. 131)--The
Bermudas (p. 134)--The Canadian Sub-region (p. 135)--Greenland
(p. 138)--Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Nearctic Region
(p. 140)--Table II. Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia and Birds of the
Nearctic Region (p. 145) 114-153
CHAPTER XVI.
SUMMARY OF THE PAST CHANGES AND GENERAL RELATIONS OF THE SEVERAL REGIONS
154-164
PART IV.
GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY: A SYSTEMATIC SKETCH OF THE CHIEF FAMILIES OF LAND
ANIMALS IN THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL RELATIONS.
INTRODUCTION 167-169