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Show 1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 487 These specimens agree with the series in the British Museum from Aden and Abyssinia ; but these all differ from the form found in Palestine, which seems to me to be quite distinct, and which I have named M. yerburyi (Bull. B. O. C. iv. p. xxxvi). Heuglin says that this species is found, mostly in pairs, from Arabia Petraea south to Aden, and in the mountain valleys between Berber and Suakin, in Central and Southern Nubia, and in the rocky districts near Massowa, on most of the islands of the Danakil coast, near Tedjura, and in the country of the Eisa Somalis. 91. PRATINCOLA ALBIFASCIATA. Pratincola semitorquata, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 342 (1869). Pratincola albifasciata, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 198 (1879); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 166 (1884), vi. p. 262 (1888). A. d ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 7, 1894. Iris dark brown. This species was found by Riippell in the mountains of Semien in Abyssinia. Mr. Blanford procured it near Adigrat and again on Lake Ashangi, Antinori and Ragazzi in Shoa from September to January, and the latter naturalist at Kundi in June. Antinori says that it inhabits the high districts of 2000 or 3000 metres, but is also found in the " Kolla" of Mahal-Uonz, Ascaelna, and Let- Maratra. Earn. TIMELIID^E. 92. CRATEROPUS SMITHI. Crateropus smithi, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. Club, iv. p. xii (1895). C. similis C. hartlaubi et uropygio albo, sed loris et regione albis, regione parotica dare cinerea, nee brunnea, et gutturis pectorisque plumis einer-eis, nee brunneis, albido marginatis. Long. tot. 10-2 poll., culm. 0*8, alee caudce 4*5, tarsi T3. «. 2 ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 30, 1894. Iris bright red; legs grey. b. d ad. Darro Mountains, Nov. 18, 1894. Iris greyish brown; legs brown. This species belongs to the white-rumped section of the genus Crateropus, and is allied to C. hartlaubi, but is very distinct from that species. The white lores and hoary face distinguish it at a glance, and the grey feathers of the throat and breast, with their white margins, are also a conspicuous feature. The flanks are strongly fulvescent, and the general aspect of the upper surface is darker than in C. hartlaubi, the tail especially being almost black. 93. ARGYA RUBIGINOSA. Argya rubiginosa (Riipp.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 390 (1869); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 391. |
