15. Plate X. Scene in New Guinea with Characteristic Animals 415 16. Plate XI. The Characteristic Mammalia of Tasmania 439 17. Plate XII. The Plains of New South Wales with Characteristic Animals 442 18. Plate XIII. Scene in New Zealand with some of its Remarkable Birds 455 ERRATA IN VOL. I. I have detected several misprints and small errors in the final impression, and Dr. Meyer, who has translated the work into German, has kindly communicated all that he has noticed. It is not thought necessary to give here all the smaller orthographical errors, most of which will be corrected in the Index. The following seem, however, to be of sufficient importance to justify me in asking my readers to correct them in their copies. Page 93, 12 lines from foot, _for_ Hocco _read_ Hoazin. " 97, line 2, _for_ Hocco _read_ Hoazin. " 147, 13 lines from foot, _for_ three-handed _read_ three-banded. " 177, line 6, _for_ Lycænidæ _read_ Zygænidæ. " 183, line 20, _for_ third _read_ fourth. " 238, line 18, _for_ Spirigidea _read_ Sphingidea. " 242, _insert_ | 92a | Tamias | 1 | All Northern Asia | N. America. " 245, last line, _insert in 2nd column_ (6). " 309, line 20, _for_ Motacilla _read_ Budytes. " 327, 12 lines from foot, _after_ Hindostan _read_ and. " 331, last line, for _Icthyopsis_ read _Icthyophis_. " 340, line 15, for _Edolius_ read _Bhringa_. " 348, line 17, _for_ Flores _read_ New Guinea. " 371, 11 lines from foot, _for_ and Borneo _read_ Borneo and Philippines. " 391, 10 lines from foot, _after_ Celebes _add_ and the Papuan Islands. " 391, 9 lines from foot, _omit_ New Guinea or. " 414, 6 lines from foot, for _Epimachus_ read _Seleucides_. " 415, line 10 _for_ ditto _read_ ditto. " 427, line 20, _after_ Celebes _add_ and on some of the Philippine Islands. " 427, 5 lines from foot, _for_ tusks _read_ jaw. " 462, 15 lines from foot, _for_ p. 156 _read_ p. 166. " 474, 9 lines from foot, _after_ Celebes _add_ Papua. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. PART I. _THE PRINCIPLES AND GENERAL PHENOMENA OF DISTRIBUTION._ {3}CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.