408 Capt. G. E. Sbelley ow « 



rufous -buff, remainder of the quills brown with narrow 

 rufous-buflp outer margins; bill horn-colour, passing into 

 flesh-colour on the greater portion of the lower mandible ; 

 legs flesh-colour. Total length 5 "6 inches, culmen 0*5, wing 

 3-2, tail 2-1, tarsus 0*9. 



Hub. Kordofan, Somali-land, and Damara. 



Although I refer the present species to M. cordofanica, it 

 difters from the type, mostly in its darker colouring and in the 

 absence of pale borders to the wing-coverts, which I regard 

 as possibly due to season. It agrees well with a specimen in 

 the British Museum labelled '' M. africanoides, (^ , 12/6166, 

 Objimbinque (Andersson), no. 78. 10. 26. 350.'' 



" Only met with on a few occasions, near the centre of the 

 plateau. It perches on the topmost boughs of the trees, 

 which it leaves with a quivering flight, like our Wood-Lark, 

 pouring forth a pecvdiarly sweet song.'' 



40. Gymnorhis pyrgita. 



Xanthodina jyyrgita, Heugl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 30; id. Orn. 

 N.O.-Afr p. 627, pi. 21. fig. 2 (head) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. 

 Orn. 1884, p. 321 (Masai). 



Gymnorhis pyrgita, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. App. p. cxl. 



Hah. E. Africa, from about 15° N. lat. to 4° S. lat. 



" I only observed on one occasion a small flock of these 

 Finches near the centre of the plateau. Iris brown, bill 

 purple, feet black." 



41. URiEGINTHUS lANTHINOGASTEE. 



Urasgintkus ianthinog aster, Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1879, 

 p. 120 (Masai) ; Reichen. & Schalow, J. f. O. 1879, p. 326; 

 Fischer & Reichen. tom. cit. p. 353, pi. 2. figs. 1,2; Fischer, 

 Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 324; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 135 

 (Barawa, Massa, and Little Arucha).. 



Hab. E. Africa, Somali-land to Masai-land. 



Head and neck cinnamon, sides of the forehead and cheeks 

 ultramarine-blue; mantle and wings brown, washed with cin- 

 namon towards the edges of the feathers ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts uJtramarine-blue; tail brownish black; breast 

 and under tail-coverts ultramarine- blue, mottled on the front 



