164 Mr. AV. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 



128. RUTICILLA PH(J-;NKUHA. 



RuticUla phceiiicuru {limn.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. 

 V. p. 336 (1881). 



a. ? . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia;, 15 January, 1899. 

 (No. 199.) 



b. S- G an ti, Abyssinia, 28 March, 1899. (No. 4G0.) 



a. Iris, bill, and legs dark brown. 



b. Iris brown ; bill and legs black, 

 [Widely distributed. — L.] 



129. Mykmecocichla dubia. 



Mijrmecocichla dubia Wekl-Blundell & Lovat, Bull. B. O. 

 C.vol. X. p. xxii (1899). 



a. Fontaly, Abyssinia, 17 January, 1899. (No. 213.) 

 [Type of the species. '\ 



This Mountain-Chat, which at first sight closely resembles 

 M. melanura (Temm.), proves to be really a very distinct 

 form, the colour of the under tail- coverts, which are brownish 

 black, edged with sandy buff, being unlike that of any other 

 member of the genus. Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 

 Total length about 6-5 inches, culmen (imperfect) about 0*7, 

 wing 3*15, tail 2*5, tarsus 0*9. 



[This bird was only once seen at nightfall at Fontaly, some 

 ten miles from water. In a flock of perhaps from 12 

 to 15 individuals, it was making its way parallel to our 

 line of march, perching, after short flights, alternately on 

 rocks and bushes. The behaviour of the small flock was so 

 curious, their progress so slow, and their line of march so 

 apparently decided, that I felt convinced at the time the birds 

 Avere migrating. — L.] 



130. Saxicola lugubris. 



Saxicola luyubris Rlipp. ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 365 (1881) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 161 

 (1884), &xxvi. p. 261 (1888). 



a. S . Gerru, Abyssinia, 6 February, 1899. (No. 292.) 



b. S • Kuntaba, Abyssinia, 7 February, 1899. (No. 299.) 



c. S ' Damai Damash, Abyssinia, 23 February, 1899. 

 (No. 368.) 



