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CHAP. XVIII.]
BIRDS.
The Cinclidae consist of a number of more or less thrush-like
ground-birds, of which the most remarkable are the Dippers,
forming the genus Cinclus. These are curiously distributed, from
the Palaearctic region as a centre, to the alpine districts of North
and South America ;
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while the three genera which are here in-
cluded as somewhat allied to Cinclus, all inhabit the Oriental
region. The genera which I class in this family are the
following :
—
(^^^) Cinclus (9 sp.), Palaearctic region to West China and For-
mosa, Eocky Mountains, and Mexico in North America, and
southward to the Andes of Peru ;
(^^^) Enicurus (9 sp.), Hima-
layas to Java and West China ; (^^^) Eupetes (4 sp.), Indo-Malay
sub-region and New Guinea ;
to Ceylon, Java, South China, and Formosa.
(^^^) Myiophonus (5 sp.), Himalayas
^981^ Mesites (1 sp.), Madagascar, is an anomalous bird placed
with Eupetes by Mr. G. E. Gray, but of very uncertain affinities.
Family 6.—TEOGLODYTID^. (17 Genera, 94 Species.)
Neotropical
Sob-regions.
General Distribution.