from Somul'dand and Suidhern Abyssinia. 133 



41. Hyphantornis galbula. 



Hijphantornis galbula (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 442 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 468 ; Lort Phillips, 

 Ibis, 1898, p. 397 (Somalilaud). 



a, J- Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. 

 (No. 193.) 



Iris orange ; bill black ; legs light. 



42. Hyphantornis abyssinicus. 



Hyphantornis abyssinicus (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B.Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 453 (1890). 



a. ^ . Baroma, Abyssinia, 11 January, 1899. (No. 155.) 



Iris reddish orange ; bill black ; legs light brown. 



[Impossible to distinguish from H. spekii, even through a 

 good telescope ; either one or the other was to be found in 

 most of the valleys, especially to the south of Shoa. — L.] 



43. Hyphantornis intermedius. 



Hyphantornis intermedius (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 460 (1890). 



a. Imm. Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. 

 (No. 218.) 



Iris yellow ; bill and legs dark brown. 



[The adult male has a perfectly black head. — L.] 



44. Hyphantornis vitellixus. 



Hyphantorms vitellinus (Licht.) ; Sharpe, Cat.B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 462 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 468. 



a. cJ . Hargeisa, Somaliland, 13 December, 1898. (No. 10.) 

 Iris, bill, and legs brown. 



45. Hyphantornis spekii. 



Hyphantornis spekii Heugl. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 469 (1890) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 397 (Somali- 

 land). 



a. S . Feyamljiro, Abyssinia, 26 December, 1898, 

 (No. 35.) 



Iris, bill, and legs light brown. 



[This species, or Hyphantornis abyssinicus (No. 155), 

 was to be seen in most of the valleys of Southern Shoa. — L.] 



