from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 123 



fourth^ and fifth tail-feathers extend over both webs and are 

 of a deep black. 



Iris brown ; bill black ; legs slate. 



Total lengtb 100 inches^ culnien 1*1, wing 5"6, tail 4"0; 

 tarsus 95. 



[This Oriole is a native of the thickets south of the 

 Hawash Valley. It is locally plentiful^ and is always met 

 with singly or in pairs feeding on a forest-tree with yellow 

 leaves (name unknown), and, notwithstanding its bright 

 colour, is difficult to see. The note is a melodious whistle, 

 something like that of Graucalus purus, and the answer is a 

 harsh double note. — L.] 



11. Vidua principalis. 



Vidua pj'indpalis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. JSIus. xiii. 

 p. 203 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 4G3. 



a. c?. Gerru, Abyssinia, 6 February, 1899. (No. 295.) 

 Iris brown ; bill red ; legs dark. 



12. LiNURA FISCHERI. 



Linura Jischeri Beichen. ; Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 210 (1890); id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 463; Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 61. 



a. c? . Hargeisa, Somaliland, 13 December, 1898. (No. 6.) 



Iris brown ; bill red ; legs horn. 



13. Steganura paradisea. 



Steganura paradisea (Linn.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 211 (1890j ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 464; Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 61. 



a. c? • Hargeisa, Somaliland, 13 December, 1898. (No, 7.) 



Iris dark hazel ; bill and legs black. 



14. Penthetria laticauda. 



Penthetria laticauda (Licht.)j Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 218 (1890). 



a. S. Chelunco, Abyssinia, 4 January, 1899. (No. 111.) 



b. c? . Baroma, Abyssinia, 10 January, 1899. (No. 147.) 



c. Jawaha, Abyssinia, 21 February, 1899. (No. 351.) 

 a. Iris dark brown ; bill dark horn ; legs dark horn. 



