from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 649 



from Kordofan, it is at once apparent that two distinct 

 forms have been united in the ' Catalogue of Birds ' under 

 that name. The true C. brevicaudata, which apparently 

 ranges from Bogos Land to the White Nile, has the under- 

 parts mostly white. The present species, which is fonnd in 

 E. Abyssinia, Somaliland, and thence to W. Africa, has the 

 underparts grey, only the middle of the lower breast and 

 abdomen being white. 



[We found tlie Abyssinian Green-backed Bush- Warbler 

 very common all along the Harrar and Shoan escarpments 

 and in the Hawash Valley. — A. E. P.] 



124. Calamonastes simplex. 



Calamonastes simplex (Cab.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 482; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 410; Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 71. 



a. (J . Dahol, Somaliland, 15th Nov. No. 57. 



b. S' Eullfully, S. Abyssinia, 5th Dec. No. 185. 



c. S • Dalado, S. Abyssinia, 12th Dec. No. 231. 



d. S • Moulou River, S.Abyssinia, 15th Mar. No. 635. 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dark brown or black. 



[The Brown Bush-W^arbler was fairly common in the 

 Danakil country in thorn-bushes. — A. E. P.] 



125. PhYLLOLAIS HILDEGARDvE. 



Euprinodes hildegarda Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxviii 

 (1900). 



a. ? . Hoorsa, S. Abyssinia, 4th Dec. No. 179. 



b. S ' Daira Aila, S. Abyssinia, 11th Dec. No. 224. 



c. Ad. Choba, S. Abyssinia, 24th Dec. No. 302. 



d. S ' Lake Zwai, S. Abyssinia, 5th Feb. No. 463. 

 Iris brown; bill black, dark brown, dusky, or light brown; 



legs brown or dark brown. 



Euprinodes hildegardee Sharpe, from the Athi River, Massai 

 Land, though very closely allied to Phyllolais pulchella 

 Cretzschm., appears to be distinct, for the bill of the former is 

 dark brown or brown, Avhile that of the latter is yellow or 

 yellowish horn-coloured ■ this difference is very apparent even 



