from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 65 9 



a. c? imm. Zaila_, Somaliland, 7tli Nov. No. 17. 



b. ^ . Manda, Somaliland, 9th Nov. No. 25. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



Mr. Hawker found this species numerous in Somaliland. 

 [The Desert-Chat was only seen in Somaliland. — A. E. P.] 



151. Saxicola aurita. 



Saxicola aurita Temm. ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 394 (1881). 



a. cJ . Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, 16th Jan. No. 379. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



An adult assuming full breeding-plumage. This is the 

 first time that this species has been recorded from Abyssinia. 



[The Black-eared Chat was shot on a bush outside the 

 British Residency Compound. — A. E. P.] 



152. PiNAROCHROA SORDIDA. 



Pinarochroa sordida (Riipp.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 167. 

 a. Ad. Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, 15th Jan. No. 373. 

 Iris brown; bill and legs black. 



[The Rock-Cliat frequents the rocks on the high j)lateau. — 

 A. E. P.] 



153. Pratincola maura. 



Pratincola maura (Pall.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 167. 

 a. c?. Errer Gota, S. Abyssinia, 8th Dec. No. 210. 

 b,c. ?, Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, 5th & 11th Jan. 

 Nos. 354, 366. 



d. ? . Akaki R., S. Abyssinia, 24th Jan. No. 386. 



e. S . Guelan, S. Abyssinia, 25th Jan. No. 393. 



/. S • Melkadegaga, S. Abyssinia, 20th Feb. No. 549. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



The males have the basal quarter or third of the outer 

 tail-feathers white, and approach typical P. hemjn-ichi. It 

 seems to us very doubtful if the latter form can be retained 

 as distinct, for the proportion of white varies strikingly in 

 different individuals, some Indian examples of P. maura 

 showing a considerable amount of it. 



Specimen c, an adult female in somewhat worn plumage, 



