from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 1G7 



135. Penthol^a mel.«na. 



Pentholaa melaena (Rn\)^.) ; Sliarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mas, 

 vii. p. 19 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 15i 

 (1881), & xxvi. p. 257 (1888). 



a. J. Germ, Abyssinia, 6 February, 1893. (N^o. 29^.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[This black Chat was seen only in the rocky gorges 

 between the 4th and Gth of February, and never met with 

 after. — L.] 



136. PiNAROCHROA SORDIDA. 



Saxicola sordida lliipp. Neue Wirbelth., Yog. p. 75, pi. 20. 

 fig. 2 (1835). 



Pinarochroa sordida (Riipp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit Mus. vii. 

 p. 20 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 154 (1884), 

 & xxvi. p. 257 (1888). 



a. c?. Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No. 286.) 



b. "j. Gedda, Abyssinia, 1 February, 1899. (Xo. 278.j 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[This bird was confined to the high plateaux. — L.] 



137. Pratincola rubetra. 



Pratincola rubetra (Linn.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. 

 p. 179 (1879). 



a, S- Guatti, Abyssinia, 27 March, 1899. (No. 455.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[Seldom met with, and only seen towards the Abyssinian- 

 Soudanese boundary. — L.] 



138. Pratincola maura. 



Pratincola maura (Pall.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. 

 p. 188 (1879). 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



a,b. (?,(?. Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia^ 30 Becember, 

 1898, 2 January, 1899. (Nos. 52, 94.) 



c. $ . Tra, Abyssinia, 7 January, 1899. (No. 136.) 



d. $ . Baroma, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. (No. 158.) 



e. ? . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. (No. 

 190.) 



