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Ghalcomitra kirki (Shell.) 



Cinnyris venustus falkensteini Pschb. R< bw. 



mcdiocris Shell 



reichenowi Shari>e 



Drepanorhynchus reichenowi FSCHK 



Parits (i/iiin nti-is Shell 



Cisticola prinioidcs Neum 



Bradypterus cinnamomeus (Rijpp.) 



A palis cinerea (Sharpe) 



» ruwenzorii Jåcks 



Geocichla piaggice (Bouv.) 



Turdus deckeni elgonensis (Sharpe) .... 



Alcippe abyssinica (Rvpp.) 



Alethe poliocephala akeleycc Deakborn . . 



Cossypha subrufescens Boc 



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(From this list a Phjillastrephus cerviniventris lias been omitted, although it vvas shot in a forest, be- 

 cause its identity is somewhat doubtful in consequence of its being an immature specimen.) 



Of the 75 species of birds collected in the forests only 4 belong to the whole iEthio- 

 pian region, and 3 more are widely distributed across tropical Africa. Not a single species 

 ranges all över the East-South African steppe region except those which extend all över 

 the continent, and 3 more which also are at home in the Central African Lake district. 

 Another has a wide range from Abyssinia to the Zambesi district. Still another extends 

 from Abyssinia and through the Central African Lake district but not further south than 

 to Nyassaland. Of those species which do not go further north than East Africa proper 

 10 extend into South Africa, and 2 of them range över the Central African Lake district 

 as well, and a third even to West Africa. 2 species reach south to Zambesi and one of 

 them the Lake district as well. 6 species have their southern boundary line in Nyassa- 

 land and one of these extends into West Africa as well. 8 species range northward to 

 Abyssinia, and 2 of them extend into the Central African Lake district, while a third is also 

 West African. 5 species belong to East Africa proper, and 2 more have the same distri- 

 bution with addition of the Central African Lake district. Zoogeographically spöken 

 there is a group of birds which are not generally distributed through East Africa s. str. 

 but confined to the mountain forests of that region. Not less than 10 species have 

 such a restricted habitat, 5 more have the same range but extend also into the Central 

 African Lake district, and still 2 more even into West Africa. Finally there are 10 birds 

 which properly belong to the Central African Lake district and 3 West African. 



The ten species of birds which have been alluded to above as only inhabiting the 

 mountain forests of East Africa are the following: 



1 Also in Shoa. 



