TABLES OF DISTRIBUTION.
In drawing up these tables showing the distribution of various classes of animals in the Ethiopian Region, the following sources of information have been chiefly relied on, in addition to the general treatises, monographs, and catalogues, used for the Fourth Part of this work:—
Mammalia.—Blanford's Abyssinia; Peters's Mozambique; Heuglin and Schweinfurth for North East Africa; Grandidier Schlegel, &c., for Madagascar; the local lists given by Mr. Andrew Murray; numerous papers by Fraser, Gray, Kirk, Mivart, Peters, Sclater, and Speke; and a MS. list of Bovidæ from Sir Victor Brooke.
Birds.—Finsch and Hartlaub for East Africa; Heuglin for North-East Africa; Blanford for Abyssinia; Layard for South Africa; Hartlaub for West Africa; Dohrn for Princes Island; Andersson for Damaraland; and papers by Gurney, Hartlaub, Kirk, Newton, Peters, Sharpe, Sclater, Schlegel, and Pollen and a MS. list of Madagascar Birds from Mr. Sharpe.
TABLE I.
FAMILIES OF ANIMALS INHABITING THE ETHIOPIAN REGION.
Explanation.
Names initalicsshow families peculiar to the region.Names inclosed thus (......) barely enter the region, and are not considered properly to belong to it.Numbers are not consecutive, but correspond to those in Part IV.
Names initalicsshow families peculiar to the region.
Names inclosed thus (......) barely enter the region, and are not considered properly to belong to it.
Numbers are not consecutive, but correspond to those in Part IV.
45. Rhinocerotidæ
38. Motacillidæ
106. Otididæ
51. Agamidæ
INSECTS.LEPIDOPTERA (PART).
TABLE II.
LIST OF GENERA OF TERRESTRIAL MAMMALIA AND BIRDS INHABITING THE ETHIOPIAN REGION.
Explanation.
Names initalicsshow genera peculiar to the region.Names inclosed thus (......) show genera which just enter the region, but are not considered properly to belong to it.Genera which undoubtedly belong to the region are numbered consecutively.
Names initalicsshow genera peculiar to the region.
Names inclosed thus (......) show genera which just enter the region, but are not considered properly to belong to it.
Genera which undoubtedly belong to the region are numbered consecutively.
20.
CARNIVORA.
SIRENIA.
HYRACOIDEA.
Leporidæ.
Timaliidæ.
65.
107.
154.
187.
Caprimulgidæ.
246.
Pandionidæ.