1()2 INIr. W. R. O-iilvic Grant on Birds 



he put down first to tlic similarity of the various forms, 

 secondly to tiie dearth of cartridges, and thirdly to tlie 

 collector being an amateur. I am quite convinced there are 

 many new species of these little Warblers still to be got in 

 Abyssinia, and that a large and carefully collected series of 

 these birds will yield most interesting results. — L.] 



121. CiSTICOLA SUBRUFICAPILLA. 



Cisticola subruficapilla (Smith); Sharpc, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 vii. p. 283 (1883). 



a. ? . Tra, Abyssinia, 7 January, 1899. (No. 131.) 



b. S • Bilo, Abyssinia, 10 March, 1899. (No. 391.) 



a. ? . Wing 2*1 inches. 



b. S. Wing 2"15 inches. 



Iris light hazel ; bill dark ; legs light. 

 [Very common and widely distributed. — L.] 



122. Geocichla simexsis. 



Geocichla simensis (Riipp.) ; Scebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 183 (1881) , Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 48 k 



a. c?. Warabili, Abyssinia, 3 January, 1899. (No. 99.) 



b. J. Hirna, Abyssinia, 9 January, 1899. (No. 140.) 



c. Gedda, Abyssinia, 1 February, 1899. (No. 281.) 



a. Iris brown ; upper mandible dark, lower mandible 

 yellow; legs light. 



h. Iris broAvn ; bill dark ; legs dark. 



c. Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs dusky. 



[This Thrush is very common on the open plains of the 

 high plateaux. It is also to be found in the valleys, where 

 it perches in the morning on the high trees, but it is no great 

 songster. — L.] 



123. TURDUS ABYSSINICUS. 



Tiirdus abyssinicus, Gmel. ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 228 (1881) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 485. 



a. S • Derru, Abyssinia, 5 January, 1899. (No. 116.) 



Iris brown ; eyelids orange ; bill orange ; legs deep 

 yellow. 



[Universally distributed. — L.] 



