of tilt Ethiopimi Region. 485 



given in bis paper on the Hiruudiuidye of the Ethiopian 

 Region, in the ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society ' for 

 1870. As Mr. Sharpe has there divided the Ethiopian Region 

 into districts or subregions, it seems to me only right to test 

 his scheme of subdivision on every possible opportunity. I 

 have added in the present Table a few more countries than 

 those enumerated by Mr. Sharpe, as at the time when he wrote 

 his paper many important districts of Africa were unexplored 

 which have now been thoroughly ransacked by ornithological 

 collectors. The Woodpeckers tend to prove that three at least 

 of his subregions may still be accepted by ornithologists as re- 

 presenting natural divisions of the continent of Africa. Thus, 

 of the 37 species of Woodpeckers admitted by me in the j)re- 

 sent paper, 25 are found to have their ranges confined to the 

 subregions quoted below. 



Abyssinian Sub region. 

 (Subr^egio Ahyssinica, Sharpe.) 



1. Dendrojncus lepidus. 



2. D. abyssinicus. 



3. D. melanaucTien. 



4. D. hemprichii. 



5. Mesopicus spodocephalus. 



6. Campothera nubica. 



South-African Subregion. 

 {Subregio Capensis, Sharpe.) 



1. Geocolaptes olivaceus. 



2. Mesopicus griseocephalus. 



3. Campothera bennetti. 



4. C. notata. 



West- African Subregion. 

 (^Subregio Guineensis, Sharpe.) 



1. Dendropicus lafresnayi. 



2. D. sharpii. 



3. /). gabonensis. 



