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Show 468 DR. R. B. SHARPE O N BIRDS [May 21, This is a Somali species, which extends its range southwards East Africa, as Dr. Reichenow records it from the Konga River, Aruscha, Masai-land, and Ugogo. Dr. Ragazzi has also obtained it in Shoa at the Falls of Farre, near Dinghai Mesghia, in March. 27. HETERHYPHANTES EMINI. Sycobrotus emini, Hartl. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 92. Heterhyphantes emini, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 420 (1890). a. Imm. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 7, 1894. Bill black; iris white; feet light brown. It is interesting to find this Equatorial African species in Western Somali-land. 28. HYPHANTORNIS GALBULA. Hyphantornis galbula (Riipp.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 557, tab. xviii. fig. D (1871); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 191 (1884), vi. p. 291 (1888); Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 442 (1890). a, b. d ad. ; c, d. 2 ad. Boholgarshan, July 15,1894. Heuglin says that the range of this Weaver-bird is from 19° N. lat. southwards to the district of the Eisa Somalis; it is most plentiful in Sambar and Bogos-land, from the sea-shore up to 6000 feet. In the interior of Abyssinia, the eastern districts of Tigrie, it appears much less frequently, as in the Nile region. On the Bischarin Mountains it extends to the neighbourhood of Suakin. In Shoa, Antinori procured specimens from March to August, and Dr. Ragazzi records the species as common and breeding near the Farre Falls. 29. HYPHANTORNIS VITELLINA. Hyphantornis vitellina (Licht.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 555, tab.'xviii. fig. C (1871); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 462 (1890); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 254. a, b. d ad. Darro Mountains, Sept. 15,1894. Iris orange; feet light brown. This Weaver-bird, according to Heuglin, appears at the end of May and June in the region of the Lower Blue and White Niles, and on the Nile itself north to Berber. It appears not to occur in Shoa, but was found by Mr. Jackson at Kamassia. 30. CINNAMOPTERYX RUBIGINOSA. Hyphantornis rubiginosa (Riipp.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 560 (1871). Cinnamopteryx rubiginosa (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. xiii. p. 473 (1890); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 254. Ploceus rubiginosus, Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 180 (1895). |
