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Show 486 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, bird in Abyssinia, and breeds in Semien up to 10,000 feet. found singly, in autumn, winter, aud spring, in Egypt, Arabia, and on the islands and coast of the Red Sea, as well as in Somaliland, Nubia, and Kordofan. Autinori procured a specimen at Daimbi, in Shoa, in November. Mr. Jackson found this Wheatear very plentiful in January in Turquel, at the foot of Mount Elgon, and it has been procured by Dr. Fischer on Lake Naiwascha, and near Kipini in Formosa Bay. 87. SAXICOLA OSNANTHE. Saxicola cenanthe (L.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 347 (1869); Seeb. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 391 (1881); Oust. t. c. p. 7 (1886); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 162. «. 2 ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 23, 1894. Iris dark brown. Our European Wheatear is said by Heuglin to be a winter visitant to North-eastern Africa and Arabia, south as far as the lake districts of the Upper Nile. Mr. Jackson procured a specimen at Kitina, in January, and Dr. Reichenow records the species as a winter visitant to Igonda, Ugalla, Ussare, and Kageyi in German East Africa. 88. SAXICOLA PHILLIPSI. Saxicola phillipsi, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 404, pi. xii.; Salvad. t. c. p. 556 (1894). A. d ad. Hargeisa, July 16, 1894. 89. SAXICOLA SOMALICA, n. sp. S. similis S. morioni, cauda eodem modo notata, sed gula alba distinguenda. Long. tot. 6*4 poll., culm. 0*5, alee 3-7, 2-45, tarsi 1-85. a. d imm. [?]. Doda, Nov. 21, 1894. Iris brown. After a careful comparison of examples of all the species of Saxicola in the British Museum, I have been unable to refer this specimen to any one of them. The bird is in winter plumage, and is in most respects like the winter plumage of S. morio. The black on the ear-coverts and on the sides of the neck is developing plainly, but the throat, which in the parallel plumage of S. morio is also black, is white in S. somalica; nor can I trace any sign of underlying black plumage, which is always observable in S. morio. I am therefore under the impression that the species is quite distinct from the last-mentioned bird. 90. MYRMECOCICHLA MELANURA. Saxicola melanura (Temm.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 361 (1869). Myrmecocichla melanura (Temm.); Seebohm, Cat. B.Brit. Mus. v. p. 361 (1881); Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. 10, p. 7 (1886). a, b. Ad. Daragoody, July 11, 1894. |