from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 655 



The November birds are in fresh brilliant plumage ; those 

 shot in February are much paler. 



[The Abyssinian Ground-Thrush was met with as soon as 

 the high ground was reached. Its note has a resemblance to 

 that of the British Song-Thrush, but there is no continuity 

 of song. It was seen in open country, gardens, compounds, 

 jowari-fields, &c. — A. E. P.] 



137. Geocichla piaggii. 



Geocichla piaggii (Bouvier) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 171, pi. xi. (1881). 



a. ? . Sequala, S. Abyssinia, 27th Jan. No. 408. 



Iris brown; bill black; legs light dusky brown. 



[The Central- African Ground-Thrush was only seen once, 

 in a deep rocky ravine in dense cover. — A. E. P.] 



138. TURDUS ABYSSINICUS. 



Turdus abyssinicus Gm. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 162. 

 a. (^ . Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, lOtli Jan. No. 362. 

 Iris brown ; bill and eyelids orange ; legs orange. 

 [The Abyssinian Thrush was not often observed. — A. E. P.] 



139. TuRDUS PELIOS. 



Turdus pelios Bonap. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 163. 

 a. S • Lake Zwai, S. Abyssinia, 5tli Feb. No. 456. 

 Iris brown ; bill yellow ; legs dusky slate-coloured. 

 [The Ethiopian Thrush was only seen in the neighbourhood 

 of Lake Zwai.— A. E. P.] 



140. MONTICOLA SAXATILIS. 



Monticola saxatilis (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 163 ; 

 1901, p. 288. 



a. ^ vix ad. Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, 11th Jan. No. 

 365. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black, 



[The E-ock-Thrush is a common bird, found amongst rocks 

 or trees. — A. E. P.] 



141. Monticola cyanus. 



Monticola cyanus (Linn.) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, 

 p. 411. 



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