from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 153 



108. Parisoma galinieri. 



Parisoma galinieri Gucr. Rev. Zool. 18i3, p. 162 [Abys- 

 sinia]. 



Parisoma frontale Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 43^ pi. xxii. 

 (1845) [ShoaJ. 



Lioptilus (/alinieri (Giu't.) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 

 xxi. p. 126 (1881), & xxvi. p. 236 (1888). 



a. (^ . Chelimco, Abyssinia, 4 January, 1899. (No. 107.) 



b. ?. Baroma, Abyssinia, 10 January, 1899. (No. 146.) 



a. Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



b. Iris reddish brown ; bill black ; legs dark brown. 

 Tliere is apparently no reason for placing this species in 



the genus Lioptilus. In structure it agrees well with P. sub- 

 cceruleum, the type of the genus Parisoma ; it also resembles 

 that species in its style of plumage and coloration. 



109. Parisoma lugens. 



Sijlvia {Curruca) lugens Riipp. Neue Wirbelth., Vog. p. 113, 

 pi. 41. lis;. 2 (1835) ; Hartert, Kat. Mus. Senckenb. p. 14 

 (1891) [nee Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 444, footnote, & 1892, 

 p. 302]. 



a. S- Gitemma, Abyssinia, 14 March, 1899. [No. 425.] 



b. S • Lekamte, Abyssinia, 16 March, 1899. [No. 430.] 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



Now that we have the opportunity of examining authentic 

 examples of this rare Warbler, hitherto kuoAvn only from 

 Riippell's type in the Frankfort Museum, it is evident that 

 the birds collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson in British East 

 Africa belong to a distinct species. 



Since Dr. Sharpe identified the skin of a single male 

 from Mount Elgon with Sylvia lugens Riipp., Mr. Jackson 

 has sent home a number of additional examples of both 

 sexes. A comparison of the series now available shows that 

 the Elgon and Nandi birds differ constantly from typical 

 examples of Parisoma lugens, the top of the head being 

 brown and uniform in colour with the back, whereas in the 

 latter species the crown is deep brownish black, shading 

 gradually into brown on the upper parts. 



