frum Somaliland and Southern Abijsshna. 171 



. This is tlic fourth example of tliis species, ^vlliell Avas 

 recently described by Dr. Sharpe. 



[A common species, and, like the rest of the genus, always 

 conspicuous. — L.] 



145. Crateropus leucopygius. 



Crateropus leucopygius (Riipp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 vii. p. 476 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 143 

 (1881), &xxvi. p. 249 (1888). 



a. 6 . rhilwaha, Abyssinia, 16 February, 1899. (No. 

 323.) 



iris red; bill dark; legs light slate-colour. 



[This species replaces C. smithi on the high plateaux of 

 Central Abyssinia. It is wilder, but equally noisy. — L.] 



146. Crateropus leucocephalus. 



Crateropus leucocephalus (Cretzsch.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. vii. p. 474 (1883). 



a. S . Beni Schongul, Abyssinia, 3 May, 1899. (No. 

 492) 



Iris yellow ; bill black ; legs dark. 



[This species of the " Seven Sisters " was met with only in 

 the valley of the Blue Nile, where it was common locally. — L.] 



147. Pycxonotus arsinoe. 



Pycnonoius arsinoe (Hempr. & Ehr.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. vi. p. 148 (1881); Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 413 

 [N. Somaliland] ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 73. 



a. S ' Derru, Abyssinia, 5 January, 1899. (No. 118.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



148. Graucalus c.esius. 



Graucalus casius Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 20 

 (1879). 



Ceblepyris casia Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xxi. p. 128 

 (1884) [Shoa]. 



Graucalus pw'us Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 121 [Mt. Elgon] ; 

 id. Ibis, 1892, p. 299. 



a. cJ . Cheluuco, Abyssinia, 4 January, 1899. (No. 

 112.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



