from Somaliland and SoutheTn Abyssinia. 127 



24. Lagonosticta brunneiceps, 



Lagonosticta brunneiceps Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 277 (1890). 



a. S • Harrar, Abyssiuia, 27 December, 1898. (No. 41.) 



b. (^ . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. 

 (No. 192.) 



Iris bright orange or red ; bill deep red, black on the 

 culmen, along the cutting-margins, and the suture of the 

 mandibles; legs dark brown. 



[This small Finch feeds on the ground in small flocks ; it 

 inhabits the lower valleys. The white dots on the breast 

 Avere not observed on more than one or two birds in every 

 flock.— L.] 



25. Lagonosticta congica. 



Lagonosticta congica Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 280, 

 pi. xi. fig. 3 (1890). 



a. ? . Lake Chercher, Abyssinia, 1 1 January, 1899. 

 (No. 162.) 



b. $ . Jawaha, Abyssinia, 21 February, 1899. (No. 336.) 

 Iris brown . bill and legs black. 



We have referred the specimens to this species with 

 some doubt j both birds are much injured by shot, specimen b 

 lacking the entire tail, a has the back darker brown, more 

 like that of the type of L. congica^ but Avithout the grey shade, 

 the lores, chin, throat, and breast reddish brown strongly 

 washed with pink, and the forehead and crown deep ash- 

 grey, b has the upper parts brighter and of a more rufous 

 brown, the lores, superciliary stripe, chin, and fore-neck 

 dull pink, and the forehead and cheeks strongly washed with 

 the same colour; the rest of the underparts brown, wdth 

 scarcely a trace of pink. 



[Occasionally met with in Southern Shoa. — L.] 



26. Lagonosticta lakvata. 



Amadina larvata lliipp. Neue Wirbelth., Vog. p. 97, pi. 36. 

 fig. 1 (1835). 



Lagonosticta larvata Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 286 

 (1890). 



