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much greyer than in Indian examples of R. rujiventris, and 

 on turning up the feathers of the mantle we find no con- 

 cealed black subterminal portion : some Somaliland birds, 

 however, have black on the feathers of the mantle, and 

 others are not to be separated from specimens from India. 

 This difference does not appear to be seasonal. 



Erythropygia hamertoni Grant. 



Erythropygia hamertoni Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 24 

 (1906). 



a. S imm. Waghar, 12th Aug., 1905. 



This rather remarkable form is fully described in the 

 Bulletin of the B. O. C. cited above. The type specimen 

 was procured by Captain A. E. Hamerton at Beira. 



Erythropygia leucoptera (Riipp.). 

 Erythropygia leucoptera Reich, iii. p. 773 (1905) ; Lort 

 Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 410. 



a-y. S ? • Burao, 20th Jan.-21st March, 1906. 



Myrmecocichla lipura (Hempr. & Ehrenb.). 



Cercomela lypura Reich, iii. p. 712 (1905). 



«,£.(??. Dubar, 12th May-5th June, 1905. 



c-p. S ? • Waghar, 2nd July-27th Oct., 1905. 



A bird shot on the 27th of October is in very peculiar 

 plumage, the entire upper surface being grey and the tail light 

 brown, the feathers being so worn that they appear to be 

 barred with grey. The inner webs of the primaries are 

 light buff, and the outer webs of the secondaries are barred 

 like the tail. The entire under surface is white, washed with 

 pinkish- buff. This worn state of the plumage gives the bird 

 such a peculiar appearance that at first sight it might be 

 mistaken for a distinct species. 



Saxicola ffiNANTHE Linn. 



Saxicola oenanthe Reich, iii. p. 723 (1905). 



a-c. S ? et $ imm. Waghar, 22nd Sept., 1905. 



