from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 309 



Though nearly allied to B. extoni (Layard) from South- 

 east Africa, this species may be distinguished by having the 

 white middles to all the feathers of the interscapular region 

 and back tipped with golden yellow. Iris brown; bill and 

 legs black. Total length about 4-0 inches, culmen O'Sl, wing 

 2"35, tail I'25, tarsus 055. 



The sexes are perfectly similar one to another in plumage. 



184. Trachyphonus margaritatus. 



Trachyphoyiiis margaritatus (Riipp.); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xix. p. 103 (1891) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 415. 



a. S . Gadaburka, Abyssinia, 22 January, 1899. (No. 

 258.) 



Iris brown ; bill red-brown ; legs dark brown. 



185. SCHIZORHIS LEUCOGASTER. 



Schizorkis Jeucogaster (Riipp.); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xix. p. 452 (1891); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 495 ; 

 Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 416. 



a. S. Hawash, Abyssinia, 17 January, 1899. (No. 214.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[This bird does not truly belong to the highlands of Shoa; 

 it was met with only in the Hawash plain — a country as dry 

 and burnt up as the Somali coast. — L.] 



186. SCHIZORHIS ZOXURA. 



Schizorkis zonura (Biipp.); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix, 

 p. 491 (1891). 



a. c? . Arriro, Abyssinia, 19 February, 1899. (No. 350.) 



b. ? . Bilo, Abyssinia, 11 March, 1899. (No. 398.) 

 Iris brown ; bill yellow ; legs black. 



[This bird inhabits the valleys of Shoa, and is widely 

 distributed. — L.] 



187. TURACUS DONALDSONI. 



Turacus donaldsoni Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 495, pi. xxviii. 

 a. S' Warabili, Abyssinia, 3 January, 1899. (No. 96.). 

 Iris brown ; bill and eyelids bright red ; legs black. 

 [This Plantain-eater is to be seen in the thick woods, 

 though occasionally it is met with on high trees in the open. 



