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Show 1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 481 b. Ad. Hargeisa, July 18, 1894. c. Ad. The Haud, July 23, 1894. d. 2 ad.; e. d imm. Schebeli, Sept. 9, 1894. Iris dark brown. This bird is a small race of B. murium. It is so much greyer than B. pallidus that it cannot be confounded with it, when once the two species are compared. There are some evidences of dusky streaks on the head, which give to the bird, at first sight, a resemblance to Muscicapa grisola. 71. MELJENORNIS SCHISTACEA, n. sp. M. similis M. atrse, sed ubique schistacea, et remigibus intus marginatis distinguenda. Long. tot. 8 poll., culm. 0*55, alee caudce 4, tarsi 0*9. A. Ad. Darro Mountains, Nov. 19, 1894. The grey colour of this species easily distinguishes it from M. atra, but, in addition to that, the white quill-lining is very conspicuous. Fam. SYLVIID^E. 72. PHTLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS. Phyllopseuste trochilus (L.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 298 (1869). Phylloscopus trochilus, Seeb. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 56 (1881) Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 153 ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 232 (1894). «. Ad. Sheik Mahomet, Nov. 9, 1894. Heuglin states that our Willow-Wren is a plentiful visitor to North-eastern Africa in winter, and he procured specimens at Khartoum and Berber at the end of August and the beginning of September. It goes south to Abyssinia, Kordofan, and the White Nile districts. Mr. Jackson shot one in Ukambani in March, and Dr. Reichenow records it from the Ronga River and Pare in winter. 73. EREMOMELA FLAVICRISSALIS. n. sp. Similis E. flaviventri, sed supra sordide schistacea, minime olivascens: subtus alba, hypochondriis imis, crisso et subcaudalibus pallide sulphureis distinguenda. Long. tot. 3'5poll., culm. alee T95, caudce 0*95, tarsi 0*65. «. Ad. Shebeli, Sept. 6, 1894. Iris yellow-ochre. This little species is very similar to E.fiaviventris and E. griseo-flava, but is easily distinguished by the small amount of yellow on the underparts, which does not reach above the line of the thighs. The upper surface is of a darker slate-colour, very perceptibly so on comparison of specimens, and the tail-feathers have narrow white fringes, not ashy olive as in E.fiaviventris. PROC. ZopL. Soc-1895, No. XXXI. 31 |
