from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 151 



Bradyornis chocolatina (Riipp.); Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 iii. p. 311 (1877) ; Hartert, Kat. Mus. Senck. p. 97 (1891). 



Lioptilus chocolatinus Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. 

 p. 127 (1881), & xxvi. p. 237 (1888). 



a. (^ . Jumjum, Abyssinia, 4 March, 1899. (No. 378.) 



Iris brown ; bill slate-colour ; legs black. 



101. Mel.enornis schistacea. 



Melcenornis schistacea Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 481. 



a. ?. Harrar, Abyssinia, 27 December, 1898. (No, 42.) 



Iris brown ; bill anrl legs black. 



This species was first obtained by Dr. Donaldson Smith 

 in the Darro Mountains, near the Shebeli river. The Harrar 

 bird extends the known range of this species more than 300 

 miles further north. 



102. Prionops poliocephalus. 



Prionops poliocejjha/us (Stanley) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. iii. p. 321 (1877) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. 

 p. 136 (1884). 



a. c? • Beni Schongul, Abyssinia, 3 May, 1899. 

 (No. 493.) 



Iris yellow; bill black; legs yellow. 



[Seen in small flocks in the valley of the Blue Nile. — L.] 



103. Sylvia atricapilla. 



Sylvia atricapilla (Linn.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 23 (1881). 



a. $ . Hirna, Abyssinia, 8 January, 1899. (No. 139.) 



Iris brown; bill black ; legs dusky. 



Evidently a winter visitor, but its occurrence so far south 

 is worthy of note. 



[Inhabits dense bush, where it is difficult to approach and 

 rarely seen or heard. — L.] 



104. ACROCEPHALUS PHRAGMITIS. 



Acrocephalus phragmiiis (Bechst.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. V. p. 91 (1881). 



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

 (No. 72.) 



Iris brown; biU dark; legs sage-green. 



