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Show 1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 495 p. 215 (1888); Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 400; id. Cat. B. Brit, Mus. xix. p. 363 (1891) ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. i. p. 107, fig. 40 (1894). «. d ad. Tooloo, Nov. 25, 1894. Iris crimson ; legs grey; bill black. b. 2 ad. Gelaydee, Jan. 13, 1895. A resident species in N.E. Africa, according to Heuglin, living in pairs in Southern Arabia and the Abyssinian coast-lands to the Anseba Valley, on the Takazie River and on the Blue Nile, in Southern Nubia to the province of Dongola, and in Kordofan. It is common in the " Kolla " country of Shoa, according to Antinori, and Dr. Reichenow records the species from numerous localities from the Pangani River to Bukoba. Fam. MUSOPHAGIDJE. 111. SCHIZORHIS LEUCOGASTER. Schizorhis leucogaster (Riipp.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 707 (1871); Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 400; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 90 (1884), vi. p. 216 (1888) ; Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. p. 452 (1891); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 314; Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 552 (1894: Odeuin, Webbe R.); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 102 (1894). «, d ad. Milmil, July 27, 1894. b. 2 ad. Okoto, Sept, 8, 1894. Iris dark brown; bill yellowish green, base of ridge yellow-ochre. c. Ad. Lookoo, Sept. 18, 1894. el. d ad. Hanouttoo, Nov. 20, 1894. Iris brown ; bill and legs black. The " Ahia," writes Heuglin, lives in small families in the warmer valleys of Southern Shoa, where high trees are scattered about, on the Hawasch River, and on the plateau of Somali-land. It is undoubtedly resident. Antinori says that it was common in the woods of Ambo-Karra in Shoa. Mr. Jackson met with it at Turquel and also in the Teita district, and Dr. Reichenow records it from Ussagara, Ugogo, Kakoma, Lake Jipi, Mpwapwa, Aruscha, and Masai-land. 112. TURACUS DONALDSONI. (Plate XXVIII.) Turacus donaldsoni, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. iv. p. xxxii (1895). fl. d ad. Meo, Oct, 25, 1894. b. 2 ad. Darro Mountains, Nov. 19, 1884. Iris brown; eye-wattle and bill vermilion. This species bears considerable similarity to Turacus leucotis, in the possession of a white spot in front of the eye and another on the side of the neck ; the colouring of the rest of the body is also the same, but that of the crest is quite different, and, according to Captain Shelley's arrangement of the genus Turacus (Cat. B. xix. |