514 Mr. II. F. Witherby on 



the upper breast is more faintly marked with greyish brown, 

 while the under wing-coverts and axillaries are pale sandy 

 buff. The buff-coloured supercilium is also more distinct. 



Measurements in inches : — Wing 39, tail 2'8, tarsus 1*2, 

 culmen from base of skull *9, middle toe and claw '7 , hind 

 toe and claw '65, claw of hind toe *35. 



Type (in Brit. Mus.), <$. El Afweena, Wasangali 

 Country, Sornaliland, March 16, 1904 (A. K. Ilamerton, 

 collector). 



Another male procured on April 1, 1904, at Auseneh, also 

 in the Wasangali Country, is similar and has the same 

 measurements, except that the wing is 4 and the tail 3 

 inches. 



14. Spizocorys obbiensis, sp. nov. 



Ad. Top of head, mantle, wings, and wing-coverts dark 

 brown margined with greyish white. Rump pale buff with 

 indistinct brown transverse markings. Upper tail-coverts 

 buff. Tail dark brown, with the three outer pairs of feathers 

 edged with white and the rest margined with pale buff. An 

 indistinct white supercilium and a white mark running from 

 the nostril under the eye and curving up nearly meeting the 

 supercilium. Chin and throat Avhite. Breast greyish white, 

 the feathers mesially streaked with dark brown. Belly and 

 under tail-coverts huffish white. Axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts greyish white. Under lining of the wing on the 

 inner margins of the feathers pinkish. 



Measurements in inches : — Wing 26, 1st primary *4. Bill 

 from base of skull "55; at nostrils, height "28, breadth "2. 

 Tarsus '7. Middle toe and claw '6. Hind toe and claw *65 ; 

 hind claw "4. 



Secondaries *2 shorter than primaries. 



Nostrils covered with stiff bristly plumes. 



Type (in Brit. Mus.). Obbia, east coast of Somalilaud, 

 Jan. 12, 1903 (A. E. Hamerton, collector). 



I have given as full a description of this bird as possible, 

 because I am not at all certain in which genus it should be 

 placed. 



