660 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and Reid on Birds 



lias tlie longer upper tail-coverts spotted with black, and in 

 this respect approaches P. rubicola. 



[The Indian Stone-Chat was found commonly among the 

 coarse and rank herbage and dead thorns sui'rounding deserted 

 villages and zaribas. — A. E. P.] 



154. Pratincola albofasciata. 



Pratincola albofasciata (Riipp.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 168. 



a-c. S • Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, 3rd-lGth Jan. 

 Nos. 348, 363, & 378. 



Iris brown; bill and legs black. 



Three males in fully adult black-and-white plumage. 

 Specimen b (No. 363) still shows traces of the rufous edging 

 to the feathers of the back. 



[The Black-and-White Stone-Chat was almost invariably 

 seen amongst low bush on the mountain- and hill-sides. — 

 A. E. P.] 



155. CoSSYPHA SEMIRUFA. 



Cossyjjha semirufa (Riipp.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 169. 



a. ? . Dagu Delali, S. Abyssinia, 21st Nov. No. 84. 



b. $ . Lake Zwai, S. Abyssinia, 5th Feb. No. 459. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The Abyssinian Robin-Thrush was often found in dense 

 bush or under creeper- covered earth-banks. — A. E. P.] 



156. TuAMNOLiEA ALBOSCAPULATA. 



TlianmoUea alboscapulata (Riipp.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 169. 



a. S • Balawa, S. Abyssinia, 20th Nov. No. 77. 



b. ? . Dagu Delali, S. Abyssinia, 21st Nov. No. 85. 



c. d. c? ? . Akaki, S. Abyssinia, 29th & 30th Dec. 

 Nos, 339, 341. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The Abyssinian White-shouldered Robin was seen breed- 

 ing in overhanging banks and rocky crevices in small colonies 

 of from ten to twenty in number. — A. E. P.] 



157. Erythropygia leucoptera. 



ErythropT/gia leucoptera (Riipp.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 170. 



