from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 305 



a. $ [undoubtedly <^ ad.] . Konduro, Abyssinia, 25 March, 

 1899. (No. 449.) [Tijpe of the species.] 



[Adult male.'] Allied to the male of D. zanzibari Malh., 

 but easily distinguished by the following characters : — The 

 forehead and fore-part of the crown are darker brown ; the 

 cross-bars on the interscapular region and back indistinct and 

 of a dull greenish-white colour; the wing-coverts brownish 

 black, the lesser and median with a white spot at the 

 extremity ; the white feathers of the sides of the liead and 

 ear-coverts striped with black on either side, those of the 

 throat with narrow black shaft-stripes; the chest and breast 

 more strongly marked and the upper surface of the shafts of 

 the primary and secondary quills, except the extreme basal 

 \)ori\o\\, brown. Iris brown; bill dark slate; legs slate. 

 Total length about 55 inches, culmeu 0*7, wing 3'2, tail 

 1'6, tarsus 0'6. 



171. DeNUROPICUS ABYSSINICUS. 



Dendropicus abyssinicus (Staul.) ; Hargitt, Cat. B, Brit. 

 Mus. xviii. p. 303 (1890). 

 a. ^ . Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 123.) 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs dark brown. 



172. Dendropicus hemprichi. 



Dendropicus hemprichi (Ehr.) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xviii. p. 299 (1890) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 491 ; 

 Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 74. 



Dendromus hemprichi Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 414 

 (N. Somaliland). 



a. c?. Ketchen Waha, Abyssinia, 16 January, 1899. 

 (No. 203.) 



b. ? . Kassira river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. 

 (No. 226.) 



a. Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



b. Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs slate-colour. 



173. ThRIPIAS SCHOEXSIS. 



Thripias schoensis (Riipp.) ; Hargitt, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xviii. p. 308 (1890) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 491. 



a. ? . Hargeisa, Somaliland, 13 December, 1898. (No. 9.) 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



