210 ZOOLOGY. 



in the atlas which accompanied MM. Ferret and 

 Galinier's work. 



The collections of Messrs. DUlon and Petit, attached 

 to Lefebvre's exploring expedition, both of whom, un- 

 fortunately, lost their lives in Abyssinia, were examined 

 and determined by MM. Desmurs, F. Prevost, Guichenol, 

 and Guerin Meneville, and an account of them pub- 

 lished in the sixth volume of Lefebvre's " Voyage en 

 Abyssinie." The accompanying atlas contained figures 

 of some of the animals supposed to be new to science. 

 It is impossible to speak in high terms of this work, 

 a large number of the names being inaccurate. The 

 determinations also are too frequently based upon figures, 

 always a source of error. 



In 1863 Dr. A. Brehm of Berlin accompanied the 

 Duke of Saxe Coburg in a shooting excursion from 

 Massowa to the highlands of Mensa, east of the Anseba 

 valley. The journey was too hurried for specimens to 

 be collected, but Dr. Brehm's previous extensive know- 

 ledge, of the North African fauna enabled him to 

 identify, for the most part correctly, thirty-eight species 

 of mammals, and one hundred and seventy-two species 

 of birds, observed during his visit, and to publish, 

 in 1863, in a work called " Eeise nach Habesch"^ 

 (A Journey to Abyssinia), a somewhat elaborate ac- 

 count of the habits of the majority. In a few instances 

 the descriptions given are based upon observations too 



^ This name is ill chosen, because Dr. Brehm did not enter Abyssinia 

 Proper. Mensa, like Bogoa, is a dependency of Tigr^, inhabited by a race of 

 people distinct from the Abyssinians. 



