128 Mr. W. R. Ogilvic (irant om Birds 



«. (^ inim. (iclougol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. 

 (No. 412.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs dark slate. 



An immatnrc male nndonbtedly belongs to this rare speeies. 

 It is nufortnnately tailless, but otherwise elosely resembles 

 the figure given by Riippell ; the back, wing-coverts, lower 

 breast, and flanks are, however, mixed with brown feathers, 

 evidently the remains of young plumage. 



This speeies is new to the British Museum Collection. 



[When first shot the white dots on the breast were well 

 defined. — L.J 



27. PyTELIA CITERIOR. 



Zonogastris citerior (Strickl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 299 (1890). 



a. ? imm. Blue Nile, Abyssinia, 16 May, 1899. 

 (No. 513.) 



Iris brown ; bill reddish ; legs light. 



This immature specimen, in somewhat worn condition, has 

 the uuderparts pale sandybrown ; only one or two barred 

 feathers of the adult plumage are beginning to make their 

 appearance on the breast. 



28. Pytelia lineata. 



Pijtelia lineata Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 17; Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 301 (1890). 



a. [(^Jvixad. Lake Chercher, Abyssinia, 12 January, 

 1899. (No. 167.) 



b. ? imm. Didesa river, Abyssinia, 21 March, 1899. 

 (No. 438.) 



Iris brown ; bill in a red, in b reddish brown; legs light 

 horn-colour. 



The nearly adult specimen before us agrees well with 

 Heuglin^s original description of the male; but some of the 

 feathers on the crown of the head and back, as well as those 

 on the middle of the breast and underparts, are sandy brown, 

 and evidently the remains of immature plumage. Specimen 

 b an immature female, has the whole of the upper parts, 

 including the top of the head, earthy brown, the cheeks, 



