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306 GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. [part IV.<br />

The following is a tabular view of the genera with their<br />

distribution :<br />

Genera<br />

—<br />

POGONOBHTNCHINiB.<br />

Tricholsema ... 1 sp.<br />

Pogonorhynchus 12 ,,<br />

Tetragonops ... 2 ,,<br />

MEGAL.S!MIN.a!.<br />

Megalaema ... 29 ,,<br />

Xanthol?ema ... 4 ,,<br />

Xylobucco ... 2 ,,<br />

Barbatula ... 9 ,,<br />

Psilopogon ... 1 ,,<br />

Gymnobucco ... 2 ,,<br />

CAPITONIN.E.<br />

Trachyphonus... 5 ,,<br />

Capito 10 ,,<br />

Calorhamphus... 2 ,,<br />

Stactolaema ... 1 ,,<br />

Ethiopian Region.<br />

W. Africa<br />

AU Trop. & S. Af.<br />

W, Africa<br />

Trop. & S. Africa<br />

W. Africa<br />

Trop. & S. Africa<br />

W. Africa<br />

Oriental Region.<br />

The whole region<br />

The whole region<br />

Sumatra<br />

Malay Pen., Sumatra,<br />

Borneo<br />

Neotropical Region.<br />

Peru & Costa Rica<br />

Equatorial Amer.<br />

to Costa Rica<br />

Family 55.—EHAMPHASTID^. (5 Genera, 51 Species.)<br />

General Distkibution.<br />

Neotropical Nearctic PALiEARCTic Ethiopian I Oriental I Aostralian<br />

Sub-regions. Sctb-reoions. Sub-regions. Sub-regions. Sub-regions. Sub-kkoions.<br />

— 2.3-<br />

The Toucans form one of the most remarkable and charac-<br />

teristic families of the Neotropical region, to which they are<br />

strictly confined. They differ from all other birds by their long<br />

feathered tongues, their huge yet elegant bills, and the peculiar<br />

texture and coloration of their plumage. Being fruit-eaters, and<br />

strictly adapted for an arboreal life, they are not found beyond<br />

the forest regions ; but they nevertheless range from Mexico to<br />

Paraguay, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. One genus.

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