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Show 958 DR. G. HARTLAUB ON BIRDS [Nov. 29, dilute cinnamomeis, extus virescenti Umbatis lateque nigro termi- ?iatis, supra- et subcaudalibus pallide Beryllino-carulescentiBus rectriciBus duabus intermediis in mare modice elongatis, parte apicali angustata et acuminata ,• ala interna fere tota cinnamo-meo- fulva. 4. PYCNONOTUS NIGRICANS, Vieill. Pycnonotus nigricans, Heugl. loc. cit. p. 397; Finsch & Hartl. Ostafr. p. 297. A pale-coloured male specimen from Shugra. This bird was already known from Wadi Firau, in Arabia Petraea. 5. LANIUS ISABELLINUS, Hempr. et Ehr. Lanius isaBellinus, Hempr. & Ehren. Symb. Phys. Av. fol. c.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 475; Walden, Ibis, 1867, p. 224, t. v. fig. 1. " Iris black." Two fine males from Shugra and Bolhaf. Discovered by Hemprich and Ehrenberg in the mountains near Qonfudah. The late Dr. John Gould collected it in Scinde; and there are specimens from Lado (Dr. Emin Bey) in the Bremen Museum. 6. TCHITREA MELANOGASTRA, SW. Tchitrea melanogastra, Heugl. loc. cit. p. 441 ; Finsch & Hartl. Ostafr. p. 300. A young male from Hami. This is the first time, I believe, that this well known and widely distributed African species has been found in Arabia. 7. UROLONCHA CANTANS (Gm.). Uroloncha cantans, Heugl. loc. cit. p. 594. Spermestes cantans, Finch & Hartl. Ostafr. p. 435. Two males from Shugra. Arabia is a new locality for this common African species. 8. CHRYSOSPIZA EUCHLORA (Licht.). Chrysospiza euchlora, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 639; Heugl. Cab. Journ. 1868, p. 89. Auripasser euchlorus, Bonap. Consp. p. 519; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 157, note. One of the most interesting discoveries of Hemprich and Ehrenberg in the mountains of Qonfudah, and in Abyssinia. Examples from both localities are in the Berlin Museum. Recent collectors have not met with this bird in Abyssinia. Is it really to be found there ? The descriptions of Heuglin and Bonaparte being incomplete and |