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DR. HENRY SCHLICHTER contributes a valuable epitome of our knowledge of the pygmies of Africa to the June number of the Scottish Geographical Magazine. He divides the dwarf tribes hitherto reported into four great groups, according to the regions they inhabit, recognizing, however, the probability of further exploration revealing connecting links between them. The first group, or dwarfs of West Africa, includes the Obongo, Akoa, and Babongo, which vary between 4 and 5 feet in height. The second, or Central African group, contains the Akka, Wambutti, and Batua, of even smaller stature, inhabiting the Congo Basin, scattered amongst Bantu tribes. The third group is that of the East African pygmie, whose existence east of the Nile and south of Kaffa was reported as early as 1826; but they are still little known. The fourth group, those dwelling south of the Congo basin, is relegated to another paper.
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Geographical Notes. Nature 46, 135 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/046135a0
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