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STUDIES IN LIFE AND SENSE. 



province to include Africa south of the Desert, whilst the island of 

 Madagascar forms a notable sub-region. In Ethiopia there are 

 many characteristic quadrupeds and peculiar birds which do not 



occur outside the limits 

 of the region. On the 

 west coast occur two of 

 the four genera of anthro- 

 poid apes the gorilla and 

 chimpanzee. Here also 

 are found the baboons ; 

 and the lemurs, having 

 their headquarters in 

 Madagascar, also occur on 

 the mainland. The lion 

 possesses the continent as 

 ruler of the carnivora ; the 

 spotted hyama is found 



here alone ; the hysena-dog and aard wolf are likewise typically 

 Ethiopian. No less special to this territory are the zebras, giraffe, 

 hippopotamus; whilst the region has likewise its own species of 

 rhinoceroses. More than seventy species of antelopes (fig. 15) attest 



the fact that the race 

 finds its home in this 

 territory; and the African 

 elephant is a peculiar 

 genus and species. But 

 the deficiencies in the 

 quadruped - population 

 of Ethiopia are like- 

 wise interesting ; and 

 we thus detect the ab- 

 sence of the deer, bears, 

 and oxen, so conspicu- 

 ous in other regions. 

 The birds of the region 

 are numerous. Limited 

 to Ethiopia are the plantain-eaters, ground hornbills, colics, secretary 

 bird, whydah-finches, ox-peckers, guinea-fowls, and the ostriches; 

 we look in vain for the wrens, creepers, nuthatches, pheasants, 

 and jungle-fowl in the lists of Ethiopian fauna. The reptiles, 

 amphibians, and fishes at present include three families of snakes, 

 one family of lizards, one of toads, and three of fresh-water fishes, 

 as absolutely peculiar to the region. The puff-adders and chame- 

 leons represent reptiles peculiar to the province under consideration. 

 Whilst the Palsearctic region possesses 35 genera of mammals 



FIG. 15. ANTELOPE. 



