628 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and Reid on Birds 



frequently on dead tree-stumps and old wood. It is often 

 seen on the telephone-posts between the Hawash Bridge and 

 the capital. — A. E. P.] 



61. MlRAFRA CANTILLANS. 



Mirafra cantillans Blyth ; Grant, Novit. Zool. vii. p. 248 

 (1900). 



Geocoraphus simplex Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afrika_, p. 687 

 (1871). 



Mirafra marginata Hawker, Bull. B. O. C. vii. p. Iv (1898) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1899, pi. ii. fig. 2. 



a, b, c. c? ? • Filwa, S. Abyssinia, 20th Dec. Nos. 

 264-266. 



Iris and bill dark brown ; legs light brown. 



With the additional material now available it becomes 

 apparent that M. marginata of Hawker is synonymous with 

 M. cantillans of Blyth, and the range of the species therefore 

 extends from India through S.W. Asia and Arabia to Soraali- 

 land. It has already been shown (Grant, op. cit.) that Geoco- 

 raphus simplex from Arabia was founded on a worn specimen 

 of M. cantillans. The type of M. marginata is, on the other 

 hand, quite a freshly moulted bird, and Mr. Hawker and 

 others were deceived by the apparent difference in plumage 

 when comparing the two {of. Ibis, 1899, p. 65). 



[We saw the Singing Bush-Lark among high grass 3 it 

 has a rapid straight flight. — A. E. P.] 



62. Mirafra intercedens. 



Mirafra intercedens (Reichenow) ; Elliot, Field Columb. 

 Mus. Orn. i. no. 2, p. 37 (1897) ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 64. 



a. i . Melkadegaga, S. Abyssinia, 28th Feb. No. 557. 



Iris brown ; bill dark brown ; legs light ashy brown. 



[Reichenow's Bush-Lark was found in thin bush and 

 prairie country between the river and hills. — A. E. P.] 



63. Mirafra fischeri. 



Mirafra fischeri Reichenow; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 

 xxvi. p. 267 (1888). 



a, b. S- Kora, S. Abyssinia, 10th & 11th Feb. Nos. 

 481 & 491. 



