(54G Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and Reid on Birds 



(1869); Seeboliin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 6 (1881) ; Grant, 

 Novit. Zool. vii. p. 252 (1900) [South Arabia]. 



a. 6 imm. Tadejemidka, S. Abyssinia, 4th Mar, No. 

 612. 



b. $ imm. Boosa, Somaliland, 28th Mar. No. 734. 



c. d. d 2- Somadn, Somaliland, 31st Mar. Nos. 744, 

 745. 



Iris bright yellow ; bill black ; legs grey. 



The presence of the Barred Warbler in Southern Arabia 

 was recently recorded in the paper referred to above. 

 Heuglin has mentioned its occurrence in Nubia and North 

 Sennar, but this is the first time that we have received 

 specimens from N.E. Africa. 



[The Barred Warbler has a wide range, but is very seldom 

 seen.— A. E. P.] 



115. Sylvia familtaris. 



Sylvia familiaris Menetr. ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 36 (1881). 



Aedon familiaris Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 406. 



a. S . Hensa, Sonialiland, 2nd April. No. 757. 



Iris brown; bill dark brown; legs pale brown. 



[The Rufous Warbler was only once seen, on the maritime 

 plain.— A. E. P.] 



116. ACROCKPHALUS PHRAGMITIS. 



Acrocephalus phraffmitis (Bechst.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 151. 



a. 6 . Lake Zwai, Somaliland, 5th Feb. No. 464. 



b. 2 . Lake El Toki, S. Abyssinia, 27th Feb. No. 584. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs dusky. 



[The Sedge-Warbler was found wherever there Avere 

 water-reeds growing on the margins of the lakes ; it was 

 always seen on the upright stems. — A. E. P.] 



117. LUSCINIOLA GRACILIROSTRIS. 



Lusciniula gracilirostris (Hartl.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. v. p. 122 (1881). 



a. 6 . Lake Zwai, S. Abyssinia, 5th Feb. No. 461. 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dark slate-coloured. 



