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Show 1895.] FROM W E S T E R N SOMALI-LAND. 489 a. Ad. Sillul, Aug. 8, 1894. Iris black. b. d ad. Lammo, Aug. 12, 1894. c. 2 ad. Dada, Nov. 21, 1894. Iris brown. Dr. Reichenow (Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 207) says that Pycnonotus minor, Heugl., has been procured at Itale in German East Africa, and I expected to find that the small Bulbul collected by Dr. Donaldson Smith would prove to be Heuglin's species, which is said to differ from P. layardi in having the head and throat blackish brown instead of black, and not sharply defined from the colour of the back and chest. The under surface of the body is also whiter. The last-named character is the only one which is fouud in the Somali Bulbul. The black of the head and throat is as well defined as in P. layardi, and contrasts with the brown of the neck and lower throat. The feathers of the upper surface have blackish-brown centres, which give a mottled appearance to the back ; and the fore-neck i3 white, with blackish centres to the feathers, giving a scaly appearance which is very strongly marked. The ends of the tail-feathers are also very conspicuously white. 95. PHYLLOSTROPHUS PAUPER, n. sp. Similis P. strepitanti, Reichen., sed brunneus, minime olivascens: uropygio rufescente et cauela saturate brunnea distinguendus. Long. tot. 7'2 poll., culm. 065, alee 3"0, caudce 3'15, tarsi 0'85. fl. 2 ad. Shebeli, Aug. 28, 1894. Iris red. The brown tail and the absolute want of any olive shade in the plumage seems to distinguish this species from P. strepitans, of which the Museum possesses specimens from Nyassa-land, identified by Dr. Reichenow. Earn. MUSCICAPIDJE. 96. P A C H Y P R O R A PUELLA. Batis puella, Reichen. JB. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. x. p. 18 (1893); id. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 150. «. d ad. Hargeisa, July 21, 1894. b. d- Okoto, Sept, 8, 1894. Iris yellow; ring next to the pupil thin, reddish brown. The difficulty of preserving these little Flycatchers renders it by no means easy to determine the extent of the white eyebrow encircling the head. It is very seldom that good skins of the small Pachyprorce are obtainable; and although the pair sent by Dr. Donaldson Smith are in good condition, I cannot definitely trace a complete band of white round the crowTn. In every other respect they seem to be true P. orientalis - but I think that the want of a definite eyebrow is a character of importance, and so I have referred them to P. puella of Reichenow, though the median throat-mark in the female is not so clearly defined as in Dr. Reichenow's figure (op. cit. fig. 69). |