from SomaMIand and Southern Abyssinia. 633 



Balchi, S. Abyssinia, 26th Dec. No. 312. 



Guelaii, S. Abyssinia, 21th Jan. No. 387. 



Jello, S. Abyssinia, 16th Feb. No. 518. 



Melkadegaga, S. Abyssinia, 2*3rd Feb. No. 556. 

 Iris and bill dark brown ; legs brown or light brow'n. 

 [The Brown Pipit ranged from the high plateau down to 

 the Havvash Valley, and was very common. — A. E. P.] 



78. Anthus rufulus. 



Anthus rufulus Vieill.; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 141. 

 a. ? . Ounji, S. Abyssinia, 19th Feb. No. 539. 

 Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs light brown. 

 [We obtained the Indian Pipit within a mile of the Ha- 

 wash River and the cultivated land bordering it. — A. E. P.] 



79. Anthus cervinus. 



Anthus cervinus (Pall.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 142. 



a. ? . Jeffi Dunsa, S. Abyssinia, 28th Dec. No. 327. 



b. ? . Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, 2nd Jan. No. 345, 

 Iris brown; bill and legs dark brown. 



[The Red-throated Pipit was very common on the high 

 plateau, but does not frequent the low ground. — A. E. P.] 



80. Macronyx flavicollis. 



Macronyoc fiavicollis Riipp. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 142. 

 a, b. ^ . Jeffi Dunsa, S. Ab3^ssinia, 28tli Dec. Nos. 322 

 & 335. 



c. ? . Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, 31st Dec. No. 343. 

 Iris brown ; upper mandible black, lower slate-coloured ; 



legs brown. 



[The Yellow-throated Pipit was very easily obtained. It 

 has a clear note, uttered when on the wing as well as when 

 settled on trees. It was common over the higher plateau, 

 and generally to be seen in pairs. — A. E. P.] 



81. Nectarinia cupreonitens. 



Nectarinia cupreonitens Gadow ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 143. 

 a. $ . Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, 2nd Jan. No. 346. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[We shot the Abyssinian Malachite Sun-bird on the hill- 

 side amidst flower-^ creeper-, and bush-country. — A. E. P.] 



