146 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 



Anthoscopiis muscidus, Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 68 [Somali- 

 land] . 



a. Ad. Hawash, Abyssinia, 16 January, 1899. (No. 210.) 



Iris light brown ; bill and legs black. 



This is another instance of a species of Equatorial Africa 

 which extends its range into Abyssinia and Somaliland, 

 where it had been previously met with by Mr. Hawker. 



87. Telophonus blanfordi (Sharpe) ; Gadow, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. viii. p. 127 (1883) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 479. 



a, b. ^ ad. Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. 

 (Nos. 180, 187.) 



c. ? . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 15 January, 1899. 

 (No. 196.) 



d. Philwaha, Abyssinia, 16 February, 1899. (No. 316.) 



e. S- Gelongol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. (No. 418.) 



a, c. Iris brown, with 5 white spots round pupil; bill 

 black ; legs light slate-colour. 



b, d. Iris brown, with 7 white spots round pupil ; bill 

 black ; legs light slate-colour. 



e. Iris brown, with 3 white spots round pupil ; bill black ; 

 legs slate-colour. 



[The number of spots round the pupil varies from 3 to 7 

 in different individuals. — L.] 



88. Telophonus minutus. 



Telophonus minutus Hartl. ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 viii. p. 128 (1883). 



a. ? . Gelongol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. (No. 407.) 



b. S ■ Mendi, Abyssinia, 6 April, 1899. (No. 477.) 



c. ? imm. Mendi, Abyssinia, 19 April, 1899. (No. 485.) 



a. Iris brickdust-rcd ; bill dark ; legs slate-colour. 



b. Iris pale brickdust-red ; bill black ; legs dark. 



c. Iris light brickdust-red ; bill dark ; legs light slate- 

 colour. 



The occurrence of this species in South-western Abyssinia 

 extends the known range about 700 miles in a north-easterly 

 direction. 



[This bird was most common in the high grass and bamboo 

 of the Dabous valley. — L.] 



