from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 613 



11. BUCHANGA ASSIMILIS. 



Buchanga assimilis (Bechst.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 122; 

 1901, p. 284. 



a. J. Somadu, Somaliland, 13tli Nov. No. 30. 



b. ? imm. Arto, Somaliland, 18th Nov. No. 65. 



c. ? . Hiiliil, S. Abyssinia, 1st Dec. No. 150. 



d. S- Arbawun, S. Abyssinia, lOth Mar. No. 660. 

 Iris red ; bill and legs black. 



[The African Drongo was not seen by us on the highest 

 table-land. Very pugnacious by nature, it attacks Kites and 

 Crows. It has a grating harsh note. — A. E. P.] 



12. Oriolus larvatus. 



Oriolus larvatus Liclit. ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 462. 



a. J . Sequala, S. Abys;<inia, 27th Jan. No. 409. 



b. S ■ Bogra, S. Abyssinia, 1st Feb. No. 434. 



c. d. S ^ • Jello, S. Abyssinia, 16th Feb. Nos. 515, 516. 

 Iris red ; bill red-brown or pinkish brown ; legs dark 



slate. 



Though 0. meneliki was very carefully looked for, no 

 specimens were met with, nor was the red-billed 0. monachus 

 procured. 



[We did not see this Oriole except in the forests of the 

 Hawash Valley.— A. E. P.] 



13. Vidua principalis. 



Vidua principalis (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 123. 



a. (^ . Errer Gota, S. Abyssinia, 9th Dec. No. 215. 



b. ? Marko, S. Abyssinia, 11th Dec. No. 223. 

 Iris brown ; bill red ; legs black. 



[The Pin-tailed Whydah is generally found near water in 

 thick bush and among high trees. — A. E. P.] 



14. Vidua hypocherina. 



Vidua hypocherina J. & E. Verr. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 208 (1890) ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 60. 



a. $ . Marko, S. Abyssinia, 10th Dec. No. 221. 



Iris, bill, and legs dark brown. 



The female of the Steel-blue Whydah has already been 

 procured and described by Mr. Hawker. 



