662 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and Rcid on Birds 



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The bird from Shebeli is apparently a distinct form ; it is 

 much larger than A. rubiginosa, having a wing of 3'8 inches ; 

 it has the dark grey on the forehead extending to beyond 

 the line of the eyes, and the hind-neck and mantle dark 

 brown, with dark shaft-lines. 



We propose to call this bird 



Argya sharpii, sp. n. 



Ai'gya rubiginosa Sharpe (nee Riipp.), P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 488 [Shebeli]. 



160. Crateropus smithi. 



Crateropus smithi Sharpe; GraDt, Ibis, 1900, p. 170; 

 1901, p. 288. 



a. ? . Dagu Delali, S. Abyssinia, 21st Nov. No. 83. 



b. cJ. Arbawnn, S. Abyssinia, 17th Dec. No. 247. 

 Iris red ; bill black ; legs light slate-coloured. 

 [Donaldson- Smithes Babbling-Thrush was widely dis- 

 tributed and always seen in large family-parties. — A. E. P.] 



161. Pycnonotus arsinoe. 



Pycnonotus arsinoe (H. & E.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 171. 



a. ? . Somadu, Somaliland, 13th Nov. No. 42. 



b. ? . Harrar, S. Abyssinia, 24th Nov. No. 96. 



c,d. (J. Roguecha, S. Abyssinia, 15th Feb. Nos. 503, 

 504. 



e. S . Moulou R., S. Abyssinia, 15th Mar. No. 690. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The White- vented Bulbul lias a sweet song, and is to be 

 found everywhere. — A. E. P.] 



162. Batis orientalis. 



Pachypi'ora puella Sharpe (nee Reichenow), P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 489. 



Pachypjrora orientalis (Heugl.) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, 

 p. 414; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 74. 



Pachyprora bella Elliot, Field Columb. Mas. i. no. 2, p. 47 

 (1897); Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 73. 



Batis orientalis (Heugl.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 172. 



a. cT- Gildessa, S. Abyssinia, 19th Nov. No. 76. 



