. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 13 1. An alpine-temperate zone, comparable to the paramo of Chap- man's Andean terminology; a barren area above timber line and ex- tending to the snow level where such exists. This zone may roughly be placed at from 10,000 feet up to the snow line, but it must be re-. •^^S—jy '*?° "T?^ • SCALE FiGDRE 3.—Faunal areas of northeastern Africa. 1. Abyssinian Highland, 2. Somali Arid. f. East African Arid. If. East African Highland. 5. Uganda-Unyoro. 6. Sudanese Savannah. 7. Ubangi Savannah. 8. Sudan


. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 13 1. An alpine-temperate zone, comparable to the paramo of Chap- man's Andean terminology; a barren area above timber line and ex- tending to the snow level where such exists. This zone may roughly be placed at from 10,000 feet up to the snow line, but it must be re-. •^^S—jy '*?° "T?^ • SCALE FiGDRE 3.—Faunal areas of northeastern Africa. 1. Abyssinian Highland, 2. Somali Arid. f. East African Arid. If. East African Highland. 5. Uganda-Unyoro. 6. Sudanese Savannah. 7. Ubangi Savannah. 8. Sudanese Arid. 9. Lower Guinea Forest. membered that there are some places, as in Arussi-Gallaland, where juniper forests extend beyond 10,000 feet, and which would not be included in the alpine zone. This zone is local and is fragmented over the map, as it involves only isolated areas here and there. It exists chiefly in northern Ethiopia, where perhaps its most character-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.


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