from Somaliland and Southern Abysssinia. 645 



No sex given. Wing 2*75 inches (skin)^ tail 2*1. From 

 S. Maidens Lighthouse. 6/v./91. 



f? (certain). Wing 2*7 inches (skin), tail 2-0. From 

 Tuskar Lighthouse, Co. Wexford. 19/iv./01. 



Small yellow-backed foi'm. 



6 . Wing 2-2 inches (wings only sent) . From Tuskar 

 Lighthouse. 14/iv./98. 



6. Wing 2'45 inches (wings only sent). From Tuskar 

 Lighthouse. 14/iv./98. 



No sex given. Wing 2*35 inches (skin), tail 1*85. From 

 Hook Tower. 29/iv./92. 



$ (certain). Wing 2' 15 inches (skin), tail 1-75. From 

 Tuskar Lighthouse. 19/iv./01. 



111. Sylvia atricapilla. 



Sylvia atricapilla (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 151. 

 a. S • Somadu, Somaliland, 31st Mar. No. 746. 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; legs slate-coloured. 

 [The only Blackcap which we saw was found on the 

 maritime plain. — A. £. P.] 



112. Sylvia curruca. 



Sylvia curruca (Linn.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 16 (1881). 



a. 6 . Guelan, S. Abyssinia, 25th Jan. No. 391. 



b. cJ . Lake Zwai, Somaliland, 5 th Feb. No. 462. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The Lesser Whitethroat was found in thick thorn-bush. 

 — A.E.P.] 



113. Sylvja cinerea. 



Sylvia cinerea (Bechst.) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 407. 



a,b. ? . Tadejemulka, S. Abyssinia, 4th Mar. Nos. 613, 

 614. 



Iris, bill, and legs brown. 



[The Common Whitethroat was seen only in this locality. 

 —A. E. P.] 



114. Sylvia nisoria. 



Sylvia nisoria (Bechst.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 315 



