FEB. 1897. EAST AFRICAN COLLECTION OF BIRDS ELLIOT. 47 



67. Myrmecocichla melanura. 



Saxicola melanura, Temm. PL, Col. No. 257, fig. 2 (1824). 

 Myrmecocichla melanura. Seebohm, Cat. B., Brit. Mus. , Vol. 

 V, p. 361 (1880). 



$ Berbera. 



9 Las Durban. 



FAM. TIMELIID.E. 



68. Argya aylmeri. 



Argya aylmeri. Shelley, in James, Unknown Horn of Afr. , p. 

 293 pi. vi, fig. i (1888). 



$ $ Hullier. 

 9 Hullier, 



Bill, white; iris, cream color; bare skin about eye, bluish white; 

 legs, light brown. 



FAM. PYCNONOTID^:. 



69. Pycnonotus dodsoni. 



Pycnonotus dodsoni. Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 488 (1895). 



$ Hullier. 



9 Hullier. 



9 Higlileh, Ogaden. 



Not an uncommon species upon the plateau, and as one speci- 

 men was procured by Dr. Smith at Lamoo, it would seem to go 

 to the coast also, although I do not remember seeing it there. It 

 goes in flocks, is tame and unsuspicious, and I have often 

 watched individuals moving among the branches, seeking insects 

 within a few feet of me, as I stood in the shade. 



FAM. MUSCICAPID^:. 



70. Pachyprora bella, sp. nov. 



$ Le Gud. Iris yellow. 

 $ $ Hullier. Iris golden yellow. 

 9 Hullier. Iris golden yellow, 

 o? Haud. Iris golden yellow. 



Male Head and back dark blue gray; two white spots on fore- 

 head; secondaries black, margined with white; primaries dark 

 brown. Black stripe from bill, passing to nape and including 



