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camping-place. Tliey Avere most coufiding^ and the first 

 species to come down to the tin of water we always put out 

 for the birds near our tents. Their cheery flute-like notes, 

 almost exactly syllabled by the words " tit-willow/^ although 

 heard on all sides continually, never became wearisome. 

 Adult. Iris hazel; bill, legs, and feet black. 



37. Eremomela oris lio- FLA va (Heugl.). 



My specimens of this beautiful little bird agree with the 

 two examples in the British Museum collected respectively by 

 Heuglin and by Blanford in Abyssinia, I may point out that 

 in Heuglin's figure (Orn. N.-O. Afr. vol. i. tab. xi.) the rump 

 is wrongly coloured yellow. The artist has evidently been 

 led astray by the yellow feathers of the flanks having 

 curled over the rump, as they often do in a skin. In 

 Blauford's figure (Geol. & Zool. Abyss, p. 355, pi. iii. fig. 1) 

 the rump is correctly coloured brown. 



We obtained only two examples of this species, both at 

 Shebesha, the only place where we saw it. With so slight 

 an acquaintance with these birds it is not possible to say 

 much of their habits. But I was particularly struck, in 

 "watching two of them for some time, by their elegant move- 

 ments and great activity in the heat of the day. They 

 ■were hunting for insects in a small sont-tree, and took not 

 the slightest notice of me, although I was standing only 

 five yards aAvay. The foliage was searched so diligently 

 and minutely that I could scarcely believe that any living 

 thing could be left for the next-comer. Small as the tree 

 Avas, the birds seemed to be in great fear of losing each 

 other, and were continually uttering a soft call-note. 



Adult. Iris yellowish brown ; bill greenish pink ; legs 

 and feet greenish. 



38. Camaroptera brevicaudata (Cretzschm.). 



My specimens seem to be in immature plumage, being 

 very light-coloured on the breast and throat, and showing 

 none of the ashy-grey colouring of the mature bird on the 

 under parts. 



This species was rare. We only observed it at Shebesha, 

 where wc obtained two examples. 



