from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 661 



a. S . Dahol, Somaliland, 15th Nov. No. 56. 

 b,c. c? ? . Hiiliil, S. Abyssinia, 1st & 2nd Dec. Nos. 

 148, 158. 



d. ?. Hawash E.., S. Abyssinia, 19th Dec. No. 261. 



e. ^ juv. Filwa, S. Abyssinia, 8th Mar. No. 646. 

 /. ? . Moulou R., S. Abyssinia, 15th Mar. No. 689. 

 g. ? . Daira Aila, S. Abyssinia, 18th Mar. No. 697. 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dusky. 



[The Abyssinian Chat-Thrush is a shy bird; when dis- 

 turbed it dives quickly into the bottom of the nearest bush. — 

 A. E. P.] 



158. Cercotrichas podobe. 



Cercotrichas podobe (Miill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 vii. p. 83 (1883). 



a. S ' Aruweina, Somaliland, 14tli Nov. No. 45. 



Iris brown; bill and legs black. 



[The Black Bush-Robin was found in thick cover on the 

 Somali tugs (watercourses). — A. E. P.] 



159. Argya rubiginosa. 



Argya rubiginosa (Rlipp.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 487. 



a. ^. Gildessa, S. Abyssinia, 19th Nov. No. 71. 



b. S' Moulou R., S. Abyssinia, 14th Mar. No. 677. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs dusky brown. 



[The Rufous-breasted Babbling-Thrush was almost always 

 seen in low scrub, seldom in higher bush, and invariably in 

 scattered companies. — A. E. P.] 



The two specimens obtained by Mr. Pease are no doubt 

 referable to the true A. rubiginosa (Riipp.),tlie wing measur- 

 ing 3'4 inches in both birds. Dr. Sharpe, in his paper on 

 Dr. Donaldson-Smith's collection (P. Z. S. 1895, p. 488), 

 records a male from Shebeli with the large wing-measurement 

 of 3'8 inches. He then goes on to shew how this bird differs 

 from A. rufula Heugl. { = A. rufescens Heugl., olim), the form 

 found in Equatorial Africa. The birds collected by Mr. Pease 

 are, however, absolutely identical with typical specimens of 

 A. rufula obtained by Emin at Lado, agreeing exactly both 

 in plumage and size. 



