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ZOOLOGY. 



separated from the last, 

 teristic : — 



The following are charac- 



Mam'mals. 



Fdii maniculata. 

 Oanis ri/parins. 

 Gazella Smmmeringi, 

 O. dorcas. 



Birds. 



Melierax polyzonws. 



Picus Hemprichii. 



Pogonorhynchus melanocephMlus. 



Cypselus affinis. 



Merops vvridissimus. 



M. albicollis. 



Tockws nasutus. Eanging into 

 subtropical region. 



Nectarinia habessinica. Rang- 

 ing into subtropical region. 



N. metaUica. Absent in winter. 



Lanius fallax. 



L. isabelUnus. 



L. personatus. 



Lania/rius cruentatus. 



Cercotrichas erythropterus. 



Saxicola deserti. 



Cereomela melanura. 



Oryx beisa. 

 Lepus mgyptius. 

 Xerus rutilus. 

 Dipus gerbillus Olio. 



Drfmmca rvfifrons. 

 D. gracilis. 

 Aedon galactodes. 

 Pyrrhulauda melanauchen. 

 P. albifrons. 

 P. leiicotis. 

 Oalerita cristaim. 

 Ammomanes deserti. 

 Certhilauda desertorum. 

 Estrelda rhodopyga. 

 Turtur albiventris. 

 Pterocles exustus. - 



Ft. Lichtensteini. 

 Pternistes rubricollis. 

 Otis a/rabs. 



(Egialitis tricollaris. 

 Sarciophorus tectus. 



— together with the species of guUs, terns, and many 

 waders peculiar to the shores of the Red Sea. Amongst 

 the reptiles are species of Lacerta and Acanthodactylus 

 and EcMs carinata. 



This fauna is far less typically Abyssinian than any of 

 the others ; it contains but few species which have not 

 an extensive range in Northern Africa, Arabia, and 

 Persia, some being even found in India. 



Amongst the most striking instances of species on 

 the highlands of Abyssinia representing those in the 



