fvum Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 131 



34. AlDEMOSYNE CANTANS. 



Aidemosyne cantans (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 371 (1890) ; id.. P. Z. S. 1895, p.466j Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 62. 



a. ? . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. 

 (No. 191.) 



Iris light brown ; bill dark slate. 



35. ESTRILDA MINOR. 



Estrilda minor (Cab.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. INIus. xiii. 

 p. 393 (1890), 



a. c? • Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 

 (No. 68.) 



b. c? , Lake Cherclier, Abyssinia, 12 January, 1899. 

 (No. 170,) 



Iris brown ; bill red ; legs black, 



[A Finch similar to this, but with a short tail, was observed, 

 but not shot, at the Kassim river. These birds roost on the 

 low scrub in flocks. — L.] 



36. Estrilda rhodopyga. 



Estrilda rhodopyga Sundev. ; Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 396 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S, 1895, p, 466 ; Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 61. 



a. S • Feyambiro, Abyssinia, 25 December, 1898. 

 (No, 32,) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[After leaving Feyambiro we only once met with this 

 Finch, a solitary example being seen at Kassim river, — L.] 



37. Estrilda phcenicotis. 



Estrilda phoenicotis Swains.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. ]\Ius. 

 xiii. p. 400 (1890) ; id. P, Z, S, 1895, p. 467, 



a. S imm. Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 30 December, 

 1898. (No. 56,) 



b. S • Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. 

 (No, 183,) 



Iris in a light hazel, in b brown ; base of bill red, tip 

 black ; legs light, 



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