630 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and Reid on Birds 



a. ^ imm. Mallabella, S. Abyssinia, 25th Dec. No. 309. 



b. S • Balchi, S. Abyssinia, 26th Dec. No. 315. 



Iris brown ; bill slate-coloured ; legs dusky slate-coloured. 



This Chestnut-backed Finch-Lark must not be confounded 

 with P. otoleuca (Temm.), a very distinct species well- figured 

 in the Planches Col. iii. pi. 269. fig. 2, which may be at once 

 distinguished by the absence of the black patch on the lesser 

 wing-coverts. 



67. Pyrrhulauda melanauchen. 



Pyrrhulauda melanauchen (Cab.) ; Sliarpe, P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 472; Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 286. 



a, h. ^ ad. et ^ imm. Zaila, Somaliland, 8th Nov. 

 Nos. 19 & 20. 



c. c? . Manda, Somaliland, 3rd Mar. No. 763. 



d. Juv. Aroharlaise, Somaliland, 3rd April. No. 766. 

 Iris brown or pinkish white ; bill grey ; legs brown. 

 Young and nesting birds show interesting gradations of 



plumage. 



[The Common Finch-Lark was breeding in great numbers 

 one day^s journey inland from the coast at the end of 

 March.— A. E. P.] 



68. MOTACILLA ALBA. 



Motacilla alba Linn. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 139. 

 a. ^ . Kassam River, S. Abyssinia, 21st Dec. No. 278. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The White Wagtail was seen wherever there was water 

 from Zaila to Adis Ababa. — A. E. P.] 



69. Motacilla vidua. 



Motacilla vidua Sundev. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 139. 



a. ^ . Lake Allan, S. Abyssinia, 29th Jan. No. 418. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The African Pied Wagtail was seen on the Hawash as 

 well as on the shore of Lake Allan. We never observed it 

 near the little pools and runnels. — A. E. P.] 



70. Motacilla longicaudata. 



Motacilla longicauda Riipp. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 X. p. 495 (1885). 



