of North-eastern Africa. 137 



province of Scrawij at about fiOOO feet above the level of the sea, 

 wlieie a single male was going about upon the shrubs and the 

 stalks of the tall grass. Its squat form and short, almost trun- 

 cate, tail attracted my attention even at a distance. There is a 

 bird of this species, likewise marked as a male, in the Museum 

 at Frankfort ; it was killed in Abyssinia, by Dr. Riippell, in the 

 year 1832. 



The measurements of Hemipter^jx immaculata, Hartl., which, 

 according to Dr. Finsch, is identical with my H. oliyura, are some- 

 what less (wing 1" 9'", tail 9i"', bill 4'", tars. 9'") ; and neither 

 Dr. Hartlaub nor Dr. Finsch mentions the dark spot on the sides 

 of the breast. 



Inhabits also South Africa (Hartl.). 



30. Hemipteryx lonoPYGA, Ileugl. 



Similis prsecedenti, at pileo, cervice, interscapulio, tergo et tec- 

 tricibus ala3 fuliginoso nigricautibus, Isete at late rufesceu- 

 ti-fulvo marginatis ; uropyain (;t si/pracaudalibus rvfescen- 

 tibus, nigro striolatis ; macula anteoculari niuricante vix 

 distineta ; stria lata superciliari, colli lateribus et abdotnine 

 fulvescenti-albidis, lateraliter Isetius fulvo lavatis ; tertiariis 

 et rectricibus late et conspicue fulvescenti-albido margi- 

 natis ; maxdla nigricaute, mandibula cserulescenti-incar- 

 nata j pedibus et unguibas rubellis; iride helvola. 

 Long. tot. 3" 8'", rostr. a fr. 44'", al. 2", caud. 1" 2" -1" 3'". 



The tail projects only 8'" beyond the closed wings. Whilst 

 in HemipterijX oligura the whole of the vertex and nape is al- 

 most uniformly greyish fawn-colour, this second species has the 

 above-mentioned parts brownish-black with broad ferruginous- 

 tawny margins, so that the upper part of the head appears 

 striated, as in Drymoeca cisticola ; the wing coverts, back, and 

 tertials also are blackish-brown with very broad and conspi- 

 cuous, more or less vivid rusty-tawny margins to the feathers ; 

 the dark-spotted feathers of the sides of the breast form, in both 

 species, a pretty large dark spot before the bend of the wing. 



According to my notes, I met with this bird upon cattle- 

 pastures, in March 1862, near Tenta^ in the country of the 

 Wolo-Gala, and in May in the province of Dembea, between 

 6000 and 12,000 feet above the sea-level. 



