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Picus cethiopicus. 



Indicator Sparmanni. 



Pogonorhynchvs abyssinicus. Eangea into the temperate region. 



Barbatula pusilla. 



Oxylophus afer. 



Coracias pilosa. Occasionally seen in the temperate region. 



Eurystomus afer. 



Ispidina picta. 



Halcyon senegaiensis. 



Merops erythropUrus. 



M. Lafresnayii. Also in temperate region. 



Tochv^ flavirostris. In temperate region in summer. 



T. erythrorhynchits. Also occasionally in tropical region. 



Irrisor aterrimus. 



Nectarinia affinis. Ranges into the temperate region. 



N. pulchella. 



Laniarius gambensis. 



Dicrurus divaricatus. 



Chandala (or Fholidauges) leucogaster. Absent in winter. 



Oligocercus micrurus, 



Cameroptera brevicaudata. 



Parus leucopterus. 



La/mprotornis purpwropUra. 



Hyphantomis luteola. 



Vidua principalis. 



Emberiza flaviventris. 



Treron ahyssinica. ) 



Francolinus Biippdli. \ ^^^^""^ ^'^*° *' temperate region. 



A great distinction will immediately be noticed in this 



list. Instead of the majority being peculiar to Abys- 



_ .1 laash :,wo-tiiirds range over a large part of Africa, 



-i: • - -: irom Senegal or the Cape. The 



species aiso are, ii anything, less restricted in range than 



those found in the other regions. 



4. 7%e Tropical Region. — This I only examined near 

 the coast. It has a well-marked and peculiar fauna,, 

 consisting in a great measure of desert species, but for 

 the presence of which, indeed, it could scarcely be 



