CHAPTER XI.

THE ETHIOPIAN REGION.

Zoological Characteristics of the Ethiopian Region (p. 252)--Summary of Ethiopian Vertebrates (p. 255)--The Ethiopian Sub-regions (p. 258)--The East African Sub-region, or Central and East Africa (p. 258)--The West African Sub-region (p. 262)--Islands of the West African Sub-region (p. 265)--South African Sub-region (p. 266)--Atlantic Islands of the Ethiopian Region;--St. Helena (p. 269)--Tristan d'Acunha (p. 271)-- Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands, or the Malagasy Sub-region (p. 272) --The Mascarene Islands (p. 280)--Extinct Fauna of the Mascarene Islands and Madagascar (p. 282)--General Remarks on the Insect Fauna of Madagascar (p. 284)--On the probable Past History of the Ethiopian Region (p. 285)--Table I. Families of Animals inhabiting the Ethiopian Region (p. 294)--Table II. List of Genera of Terrestrial Mammalia and Birds of the Ethiopian Region (p. 300) 251-313