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Show 484 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, d. d ad. Okoto, Sept. 7, 1894. Iris dark brown; base of under mandible yellow-ochre ; legs light horn-colour. e. d ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 24,1894. Iris dark brown ; base of under mandible yellow-ochre ; legs light grey. This is a Shoan species, and was not known to Heuglin from any other locality. It is rare in that country, according to Antinori, but Dr. Ragazzi appears to have met with it more plentifully near Ambokarra in May, and at the Farre Falls in March and July. 81. COSSYPHA DONALDSONI. Cossypha donaldsoni, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. Club, iv. p. xxviii (March, 1895). a. 2 - Sheik Husein, Sept. 28, 1893. Iris dark brown. This new species is closely allied to Cossypha subrufescens of Bocage, but the back is dark grey, as also are the wings, the quills not showing the light grey margins which are seen in C. subrufescens. This species is further distinguished by its uniform outer tail-feathers, which do not show the dusky edgings seen in the last-named species and in C. heuglini also. 82. ClCHLADUSA GUTTATA. Cichladusa guttata, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 374 (1869); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. vii. p. 70 (1883) ; Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. p. 6 (1886); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 160; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 227 (1894). A. d ad. Moodenner, Nov. 26, 1894. Iris reddish brown. This species was found by Heuglin only at Aniob, in the Kidj Negro district, and on the banks of the Bahr-el-Djebel. Mr. Jackson met with it at Njemps, on Lake Barengo, in July, and it occurs at different places from Lake Naivascha to the coast-region of Baga-moyo, and the Pangani River. 83. GEOCICHLA SIMENSIS. Turdus simensis (Riipp.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 380 (1869). Geocichla simensis, Seeb. Cat. B. Brit, Mus. v. p. 183 (1881). Psophocichla simensis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. (1884), vi. p. 258 (1888). A. 2 ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 1, 1894. Iris dark brown. Heuglin states that this is one of the commonest species in the Abyssinian highlands, from the Pass of Taranta and Mensa to Western Amhara, south to the Gala country, but never found below 5000 feet. Common in Shoa, at Licce and Fecherie-Ghem, from October to February, according to Antinori. It was also found to be very common at F'alle in January by Dr. Pagazzi. |