from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 157 



h. Middle of the breast and belly cinnamon-rufous like the 



sides, or if paler, as is sometimes the case in faded 



examples, not contrasting with the sides and flanks. 



c^ Back and upper parts grey, without any tinge of 



olive. 



a-. A marked blackish band from the base of the 



bill passing through the eye, dividing the pale 



buft" well-marked superciliary stripe from the 



cheeks and ear-coverts of the same colour : 



larger wing 2"4-2"5 inches, culmen 0'7 rufescens. 



h"^. No dark band from the base of the bill through 

 the eye. 

 fl^. Culmen not exceeding O'oo inch in length. 

 «*• Superciliary stripe, cheeks, and ear-coverts 

 rufous - cinnamon ; bill pale brownish 



horn wlnjtii. 



b^. Superciliary stripe, cheeks, and ear-coverts 



whitish ; bill black pallida, 



h^. Culmen Ov inch in length ; very indistinct 

 superciliary stripe, cheeks, and ear-coverts 



whitish isabellina. 



d}. Rack and upper parts pale grey tinged with olive, 

 especially on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; 

 superciliary stripe, cheeks, and sides of face pale 

 cinnamon-rufous like the rest of the underparts : 

 culmen 0'5o inch, wing 2'0-21 minima. 



B. Crown and sides of the head chestnut ; rest of upper 



parts grey rufimpilla. 



C. Crown brown or reddish brown, rest of upper parts 



olive-green or dull olive-green. 



c. A wide white superciliary stripe ; chest grey ; under 



tail-coverts yellow leticopJiri/s. 



d. Superciliary stripe narrow, pale rufous white ; chest 



reddish brown ; under tail-coverts white virens. 



e. Superciliary stripe brownish white ; breast and belly 



yellow ; under tail-coverts white. 



e^. Sides and flanks olive-green Jtaciveiitris 



/I. Sides pure white ; flanks ashy stampflii. 



112. Camaroptera brevicaudata. 



Camaroptera brevicaudata (Cretzsch.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. vii. p. 168 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 

 xxi. p. 144 (1884) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 409 

 [N. Somaliland], 



