Argentine Ornithology, Volume 1 (of 2)

Argentine Ornithology, Volume 1 (of 2) - A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic.

As regards its Bird-life the Neotropical Region, which, according to the arrangement usually adopted, consists of America south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec together with the West Indies1, may be most conveniently divided into six Subregions. These are: 1. The Transpanamic Subregion, embracing the great Central-American Isthmus from Tehuantepec down to Panama. 2. The Antillean Subregion, containing the West-India Islands. 3. The Colombian Subregion, containing the South-American littoral and the adjacent Andean ranges in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 4. The Amazonian Subregion, containing Guiana and the valleys of the Orinoco and Amazons and their confluents. 5. The Brazilian Subregion, containing the great wooded and campos districts of Southern Brazil and Paraguay. 6. The Patagonian Subregion, consisting of Antarctic America up to the Brazilian wood-districts and the highlands of Bolivia on the eastern side of the Andes, and apparently extending as far as the Gulf of Guayaquil on the west. It is, of course, impossible to draw a precise line between these six Subregions, and any boundaries assigned to them can only be regarded as approximative; but it is obvious that nearly, if not quite, the whole of the Argentine Republic, the Avifauna of which we are now considering, comes within the limits of the Patagonian Subregion. It is possible that the birds of the Territory of Misiones and of some parts of Northern Corrientes may be more nearly akin to those of Brazil, but we may say generally that the Argentine Republic belongs to the Patagonian Subregion. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 38956
Author: Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
Release Date: Feb 25, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913