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1. An alpine-temperate zone, comparable to the paramo of Chap- 

 man's Andean terminology ; a barren area above timber line and ex- 

 tending to the snow level where such exists. This zone may roughly 

 be placed at from 10,000 feet up to the snow line, but it must be re- 



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• SCALE 

 FiGDRE 3. — Faunal areas of northeastern Africa. 



1. Abyssinian Highland, 



2. Somali Arid. 



f. East African Arid. 



If. East African Highland. 



5. Uganda-Unyoro. 



6. Sudanese Savannah. 



7. Ubangi Savannah. 



8. Sudanese Arid. 



9. Lower Guinea Forest. 



membered that there are some places, as in Arussi-Gallaland, where 

 juniper forests extend beyond 10,000 feet, and which would not be 

 included in the alpine zone. This zone is local and is fragmented 

 over the map, as it involves only isolated areas here and there. It 

 exists chiefly in northern Ethiopia, where perhaps its most character- 



