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marked change takes place, and the great majority of the 

 common birds are completely replaced by other species. 

 I think, too, that the prominent birds and mammals in 

 each region appertain to distinct sub-faunas at least. 

 This will be best shown by a few brief remarks upon the 

 prominent animals in each region. 



1. The Svhalpine Region. — I had only an opportunity 

 of examining this on the Dalanta-Wadela plateau, and in 

 two or three of the passes traversed. My collections 

 were consequently very small. The only peculiar mam- 

 mals obtained were a Hyrax and a mouse (Mus ahys- 

 sinicus, Eupp.)^ and the following birds : — 



Frdtineola sordidw, 



Saxicola frenata. 



Macronyx flcwicolhs. 



Pyrrho'corax alpinus. 



Euplectes xanthomelas. ) , , ,s i a i ■. 



„ .., . . > Found locally as low as 8,000 feet. 



Vntkagra mgnceps. ) ■' ' 



LobivaHellus melaYio'cephalus. 



Bernicla cyanopUra. 



jThe following were so abundant at 10,000 to 10,500 



feet as to be characteristic birds, but they were also found 



generally throughout a great portion of the temperate 



region : — 



Bntm augur. 



Nectarinia tahazze. 



Gorvultur crassirostris. 



Chettusia melanoptera. 



Ibis (Harpiprion) carunculata. 



Anas flavirostris. 



The only species in the above list not peculiar to 

 Abyssinia are the Alpine chough and Anas flavirostris: 

 the first of which is European ; the other, which is not 



