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Show 482 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, 74. CALAMONASTES SIMPLEX. Erythropygia simplex (Cab.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. vii. p. 74 (1883). Thamnobia simplex, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 251 (1888). Calomonastes simplex, Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 154 ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 225 (1894). «. d ad. Milmil, July 30, 1894. b. d ad. Okoto, Sept. 8, 1894. Iris reddish brown; legs purple-brown. c. Ad. Sheik Husein, Oct. 2, 1894. Iris and legs light brown. Mr. Lort Phillips has recently procured this species on the Goolis Mountains. Dr. Ragazzi obtained it at Sodde, in Shoa, in August. Mr. Jackson met with it at Turquel in January and at the River Voi, in Teita, in December. Dr. Reichenow also gives the Pare Mountains, Nguruman, and the Pangani River as localities for the species. 75. SYLVIELLA MICRURA. Oligocercus rufescens (nee V.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 236 (1869). Sylviella micrura (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 154 (1883). Sylvietta micrura, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 145 (1888), vi. p. 251 (1888). A. 2 ad. Fehja, Nov. 23, 1894. Iris red ; legs light brown. According to Heuglin, this species is found singly or in pairs in North-eastern Africa, below 16° or 17° N. lat. On the African coast of the Red Sea it extends from Takah to Adel-land, and is found in Bogos-land and the warmer parts of Abyssinia, as well as in Southern Nubia, Kordofan, Senar, and on the Nile and its tributaries. Antinori procured it at Ambo-Karra in August and on the " Kolla " of Aigaber in Shoa in October, and Dr. Ragazzi at Cialalaka, in June. 76. DRYODROMAS SMITHI. Dryodromas smithi, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. iv. p. xxix. «. d ad. Shebeli, Sept. 4, 1894. Iris yellow-ochre; legs flesh-colour. b, c. d imm. Sheik Husein, Sept. 27, 1894. Iris light brown ; eyelids yellow-ochre ; legs light brown. Differs in the greater amount of white on the outer tail-feathers, which have the outer web entirely white. The type-specimen has also distinct white edges to the wing-coverts and inner secondaries, but these are are not so plain in the two specimens from Sheik Husein, which are like D. rufifrons, but show much more white on the outer tail-feathers. |