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Show 1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 485 84. TURDUS ABYSSINICUS. Turclus olivacinus, Bp.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 382 (1869). Turclus abyssinicus, Gm.; Seeb. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 228 (1881); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 159 (1884), vi. p. 258 (1888). a. 2 juv« Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 4, 1894. Iris dark brown ; legs orange ; bill yellowish brown. b. 2 ad- Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 7, 1894. Iris dark brown ; eyelids yellow-ochre ; bill orange; legs bright yellow. Distributed over the whole of Abyssinia, according to Heuglin, but only met with at an elevation of from 7000 to 11,000 feet above the sea. In Wolo-land he met with it up to 12,000 feet. Antinori states that the species is not rare in Shoa, in Arramba and Ankober, nesting in February in the forests of this portion of the " Kolla." Dr. Ragazzi also found it to be very common in Shoa. 85. MONTICOLA SAXATILIS. Monticola saxatilis (L.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 370 (1869); Seeb. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 313 (1881); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 160 (1884); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 161; Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 556 (1894). fl. 2 ad. Webe Shebeli, Dec. 16, 1894. Iris dark brown. Heuglin records the Rock-Thrush as a spring and autumn migrant in N.E. Africa, not rare in Egypt, Nubia, and Arabia. Some remain during the winter, others going south. He met with this species on the Gazelle River (7°-8° N. lat.) in November, near Aden in December and January, and also on the higher mountains of Abyssinia. It was procured by Autinori in Shoa, at Mahal-Uonz in March, and at Algaber in October. Mr. Jackson found it as far south as Ukambani, and, according to Dr. Reichenow, it has been procured at Bagamoyo, Igonda, and Kageyi in German East Africa. 86. SAXICOLA ISABELLINA. Saxicola isabellina, Riipp.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 344 (1869); Seeb. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 399 (1881); Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 405; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 164 (1884), vi. p. 36 (1888); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 162; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch- Ost-Afr. p. 236 (1894). a. d ad. Ummayer, Dec. 3, 1894. Iris brown. This is a very large specimen (wing 4T5), with a reddish-brown crown, and the rufous-brown on the rump strongly marked. I notice, however, a tendency in many individuals in our large series in the Museum to vary in these particulars, and I have therefore come to the conclusion that Dr. Smith's specimen is only a particularly fine one. The Isabelline Wheatear, according to Heuglin, is a resident |
