171. Mr. W. R. Ogilvic Grant on Birds 



abiisshiica Riipp. The Iiuliaii gciius Alcippc is thus cxchulecl 

 from the AtVieau avifauna, the species in question being 

 a true Lioptilus, as Salvadori has ah'eady shown. 



The specimen before us has the grey crown of the head 

 mixed with a few olive-brown feathers liivc those of the backj 

 apparently a sign of immaturity. 



Total length about 6*0 inches, culmen 02, wing 2"95, 

 tail 2"6, tarsus I'O. 



[This bird is very common all through the wooded valleys 

 of Southern Abyssinia. — L.] 



155. Chloropeta massaica. 



ChJoropeta massaica Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1881, 

 p. 51 (base of Kilimanjaro]. 



a. cJ . Konduro, Abyssinia, 25 March, 189U. (No. 417.) 



Iris brown; upper mandible black, lower light horn- 

 colcur ; legs black. 



The type of this species was obtained at the base of 

 Kilimanjaro. We have compared the Abyssinian bird with 

 a typical example of C. tnassaica in the Jackson Collection, 

 and find that they agree perfectly. As the diagnosis of this 

 very rare Flycatcher given by Fischer and Reichenow is 

 extremely brief, we add the following description : — 



Adult male. Very similar to C. natalensis, but at once dis- 

 tinguished by having the crown of the head uniform brownish 

 black. The third quill in both wings is unfortunately 

 imperfect, the extremity being shot off, but the fourtii, fifth, 

 and sixth quills are subequal and longest, while the seventh 

 is very slightly shorter. Total length about 5*5 inches, 

 culmen 0"6, wing 2'4, tail 2'3, tarsus 085. 



This species is new to the British Museum Collection. 



[Only once seen in thick bush. — L.] 



156. Terpsiphonb cristata. 



Ttrpsiphone cristata (Gm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. 

 p. 354 (1879) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 234 

 (1888); Sharpe, P. Z S. 1895, p. 490; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 

 1898, p. 414 [N. Somalilaud]. 



