from Somali/and and Southern Ahijss'uiia. 163 



124. TuRnus pelios. 



Tiirdas pelios Bp.; Seebohm^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 230 

 (1881). 

 a. ?. Belli Schoiigiil, Abyssiuia, 2 May, 1899. (No. 489.) 

 Iris light brown ; bill yellow; legs light. 

 [Met with only in the valley of the Blue Nile. — L.] 



125. MoXTICOLA SAXATILIS. 



Monticola saxatilis (Linn.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 314 (1881) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 485 ; Lort 

 Phillip?, Ibis, 1898, p. 410 [N. Somalilaud] ; Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 72. 



a. ? imm. Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No.265.) 



b. S . Damai Damash, Abyssinia, 23 February, 1899. 

 (No. 367.) 



c. ? ad. Mendi, Abyssinia, 3 April, 1899. (No. 472.) 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[Common on the rocky slopes above 7000 feet. — L.] 



126. ]\l0NTIC0LA RUFOCIXEKEUS. 



Monticola ri/focinereus (Ru[)\i.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. V. p. 327 (1881) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xsi. 

 p. 160 (1884), & xxvi. p. 200 (1888) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 

 1898, p. 411 [N. Somalilaud]. 



a. (J . Philwaha, Abyssinia, 10 February, 1899. 

 (No. 318.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[A very common bird in the Didesa valley, but of shy 

 habits. — L.] 



127. Cyaxecula suecica (Linn.). 



Erithacus cyuneculus (Wolf) ; Seeiiohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 311 (1881). 



a. ^ . Lake Harrar !Meyer, Abyssinia, 2 January, 1899. 

 (No. 95.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[This bird was occasionally met with in the valleys, and 

 apparently preferred the vicinity of reeds and marsl-.y 

 ground. — L] 



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