138 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 



a, b. cJ ? . Jifadensa, Abyssinia, 22 January, 1899. 

 (Nos. 253, 254.) 



c. S jiiv. Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. 

 (No. 267.) 



a, b. Iris brown ; bill and legs dark. 

 c. Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs light. 



Specimen c, a young male, is in interesting plumage, and 

 differs from the adult chiefly in having the top of the head 

 and the greater part of the back and wing-coverts very dark 

 brown, with a small white spot at the extremity of most of the 

 feathers; and the chest, breast, and sides buff, with a 

 subterminal bar or spot of blackish brown. 



[This Lark has the power of raising its crest. It is common 

 at all altitudes of Shoan Abyssinia. — L.] 



61. Alauda pr^termissa. 



Alauda prcetermissa Blanf. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 579 (1890). 



a. S. Jifadensa, Abyssinia, 22 January, 1899. 

 (No. 256.) 



Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs light. 



[Very common on the highlands. It appeared to feed in 

 small flocks. — L.] 



62. MlRAFRA GILLETTI. 



Mirafra gilletti Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 472; Lort 

 Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 401 [N. Somaliland] ; Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 64. 



a. S' Hawash, Abyssinia, 16 January, 1899. (No. 206.) 



Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs light. 



63. Spilocorydon hypermetrus. 



Spilocorydon hypermetrus Reichenow ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 620 (1890). 



a. S- Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. 



(No. 223.) 



b. S' Gadaburka, Abyssinia, 21 January, 1899. 



(No 249.) 



a. Iris brown ; culmen dark, mandible whitish ; legs light 

 horn-colour. Wing 4"6 inches, tail 3*4. 



