General Zoological Characteristics of the Australian Region (p. 390)-- Summary of the Australian Vertebrata (p. 397)--Supposed Land-connection between Australia and South America (p. 398)--Insects (p. 403)-- Land-shells (p. 407)--Australian Sub-regions (p. 408)--Austro-Malayan Sub-region (p. 409)--Papua, or the New Guinea Group (p. 409)--The Moluccas (p. 417)--Insects--Peculiarities of the Moluccan Fauna (p. 420) --Timor Group (p. 422)--Celebes Group (p. 426)--Origin of the Fauna of Celebes (p. 436)--Australia and Tasmania, or the Australian Sub-region (p. 438)--The Pacific Islands, or Polynesian Sub-region (p. 442)--Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa Islands (p. 443)--Society and Marquesas Islands (p. 443) --Ladrone and Caroline Islands (p. 444)--New Caledonia and the New Hebrides (p. 444)--Sandwich Islands (p. 445)--Reptiles of the Polynesian Sub-region (p. 448)--New Zealand Sub-region (p. 449)--Islets of the New Zealand Sub-region (p. 453)--Reptiles, Amphibia, and Fresh-water Fishes (p. 456)--Insects (p. 457)--The Ancient Fauna of New Zealand (p. 459)-- The Origin of the New Zealand Fauna (p. 459)--Causes of the Poverty of Insect-life in New Zealand: its Influence on the Character of the Flora (p. 462)--Concluding Remarks on the Early History of the Australian Region (p. 464)--Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Australian Region (p. 468)--Table II. Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia and Birds of the Australian Region (p. 473) 387-485 Index to Vol. I 489-503 MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. I. 1. Map of the World, showing the Zoo-Geographical Regions and the contour of the Ocean-bed _Frontispiece_ _To face page_ 2. Map of the Palæarctic Region 181 3. Plate I. The Alps of Central Europe with Characteristic Animals 195 4. Plate II. Characteristic Mammalia of Western Tartary 218 5. Plate III. Characteristic Animals of North China 226 6. Map of the Ethiopian Region 251 7. Plate IV. Characteristic Animals of East Africa 261 8. Plate V. Scene in West Africa with Characteristic Animals 264 9. Plate VI. Scene in Madagascar with Characteristic Animals 278 10. Map of the Oriental Region 315 11. Plate VII. Scene in Nepaul with Characteristic Animals 331 12. Plate VIII. A Forest in Borneo with Characteristic Mammalia 337 13. Plate IX. A Malacca Forest with some of its Peculiar Birds 340 14. Map of the Australian Region 387