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

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