. A history of birds . Shore-lark {Otocorys) and Wax-wing {Atupclus). But this regionpossesses a number of peculiar types, quite unknown in the Palas-arctic Region. Such are the Hang-nests {Icteridcs), Greenlets(Vireo7iidce), American Warblers {Minotiltidce) and Tanagers(Tanagridcs); and besides these there are others, such asHumming-birds and the New World Vultures, which arecommon to the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions, to the con-sideration of which we shall now pass. The Neotropical Region The Neotropical Region includes the West Indian Islandsand the whole of the American Continent from
. A history of birds . Shore-lark {Otocorys) and Wax-wing {Atupclus). But this regionpossesses a number of peculiar types, quite unknown in the Palas-arctic Region. Such are the Hang-nests {Icteridcs), Greenlets(Vireo7iidce), American Warblers {Minotiltidce) and Tanagers(Tanagridcs); and besides these there are others, such asHumming-birds and the New World Vultures, which arecommon to the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions, to the con-sideration of which we shall now pass. The Neotropical Region The Neotropical Region includes the West Indian Islandsand the whole of the American Continent from Mexico south- CECOLOGICAL 75 wards. In the richness of its bird-life the Neotropical surpassesall the other regions of the world. Here are found the Ostrich-like Rheas and Tinamous, thecurious Game-birds known as the Guans and Currassows, andthe Hoatzin, the aberrant Goose-like birds known as theScreamers (yPalai)icdca and Chautia), and those aberrant Cranes{Psophimxxd Aramiis), the Seriemas and the Sun-bittern {Eiiry-. 111. 17.—The Rufous Tinamou [Rhynclwtns nifcscens) PyS^)- Among the Plover-like birds we find the Seed-snipe{Thinocorys) and Chionis. A host of peculiar Parrots, Cuckoosand Kingfishers occur here, and to these must be added Jaca-mars and Puff-birds, Toucans, Motmots, and a vast number ofprimitive Passerine types, such as the Manakins {Pipridce),Chatterers {Cotaigidcs), Plant-cutters {Phytoioinidcr), Wood-hewers {DetidrocolaptidcE), Ant-birds {Formicariida;), Ant-wrens{CamopophagidcE) and Tapacolas {^Ptejoptochidce). But besides the foregoing we have the primitive PasserineTyrant-birds {Tyrannidce), the Humming-birds and the NewWorld Vultures (p. 454), which occur also in the NearcticRegion, and a number of other peculiar types which are found 76 A HISTORY OF BIRDS also in Africa, India and the Malayan Region, the distribution ofwhich we propose to speak of presently. Such, in brief, are the main outlines of the ZoogeographicalRegions of the world. To have work
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