from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 631 



a. ^ . Kora, S. Abyssinia, 10th Feb. No. 472. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



This is the first time that the British Museum has received 

 a specimen of this species from Abyssinia, the most northern 

 locality yet recorded being Kilimanjaro. 



[We saw only one specimen of the Long-tailed Pied 

 Wagtail ; it was obtained near some rain-pools in the rocky 

 bed of a stream. — A. E. P.J 



71. MOTACILLA FLAVA. 



Motacilla flava Linn. ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 473 ; 

 Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. G6. 



a. (^ . Tadejemulka, S. Abyssinia, 23rd Dec. No. 292. 



b. S • Balchi, S. Abyssinia, 26th Dec. No. 317. 

 Iris brown; bill and legs black. 



[The Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail was seen everywhere 

 from the sea to the high plateaux. It perches on lofty trees, 

 bushes, rocks, &c., as well as on the ground. — A. E. P.] 



72. Motacilla feldeggi. 



Motacilla feldeggi Michah. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 140. 



a,b. ^ . Lake El Toki, S. Abyssinia, 27th Feb. Nos. 

 585 & 587. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The Black -headed W^agtail was seen only among the low 

 reeds and rushes growing round the lake of El Toki. — 

 A. E. P.] 



73. Motacilla paradoxa. 



Motacilla paradowa (Brehm) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 X. p. 531 (1885). 



(1,^. cJ ? imm. Tadejemulka, S. Abyssinia, 5th Mar. 

 Nos. 620, 621. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



The occurrence of Brehm's Yellow Wagtail in Southern 

 Abyssinia is very interesting. The range, as given by 

 Dr. Sharpe in the ' Catalogue of Birds,' is " from Hungary 

 and Dalmatia to S. Russia and the Crimea as far as long. 

 47° E.^' Since the Catalogue was published two additional 

 examples of this rare species have been found in the Hume 



