G56 INIessrs, Ogilvie-Grant and Reid on Birds 



a. c? . Akaki River, S. Abyssinia, 29th Dec. No. 337. 

 Iris brown; bill and legs black. 



[The Blue Rock-Thrush was shot in a deep gorge among 

 the cliffs above the river. Not seen again. — A. E. P.] 



142. MoNTICOLA RUFOCINEREUS. 



Monticola rufocinereus (Riipp.); Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 163. 



a. ? . Dagu Delali, S. Abyssinia, 21st Nov. No. 86. 



*. ? . Harrar, S. Abyssinia, 24th Nov. No. 98. 



c. ? . Kora, S. Abyssinia, 11th Feb. No. 492. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



The onh^ female example in the British Museum Collection 

 is a poor skin in very worn plumage. The fine specimens 

 shot by Mr. Pease are therefore a welcome addition. 



[The Abyssinian Rock-Thrush was common where there 

 w^ere ravines and washed-out rifts in deep earth and alluvial 

 soil— A. E. P.] 



143. Cyanecula suecica. 



Cyanecula suecica (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 163. 



a. S • Lake El Toki, S. Abyssinia, 1st Mar. No. 599. 



Iris browai ; bill and legs black. 



This male is remarkable in that it entirely lacks the white 

 spot on the throat, and in this respect differs from any 

 specimen in the British Museum Collection. 



[The Blue-throated Robin is a very shy bird, and was seen 

 otice or twice on the ground under low bushes. — A. E. P.] 



144. Erithacus gutturalis. 



Erithacus gutturalis (Guerin) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. V. p. 304 (1881). 



Irania gutturalis Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 411. 



a, b. S • Boosa, Somaliland, 28th Mar. Nos. 732, 733. 



c. S • Somadu, Somaliland, 31st Mar. No. 713. 



Ills brown ; bill and legs black. 



One of the males killed at Boosa, though apparently fully 

 adult, has the breast and belly pale rufous butf. Seebohm 

 states that this plumage is characteristic of iuales of the year, 

 but we believe this statement to be open to question. In the 

 British Museum there is one specimen with pale buff" breast 



