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the coverts and inner margins of the quills whitish ; sides of the head 

 and neck brown like the crown, with an indistinct pale patch behind and 

 round the eye ; chin and centre of throat white ending in a pale yellow 

 patch ; sides of throat, crop and sides of body pale ashy brown ; 

 centre of breast, thighs and under tail-coverts white. " Iris light brown ; 

 bill horn ; legs dark grey." Total length 5-7 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 3-2, 

 tail 2-5, tarsus 0-7. J , 25. 11. 97. Daboloc (Hawker). 



HeugHn's Rock-Sparrow ranges over Eastern Africa from 

 the Pangani river into Abyssinia. 



The most southern range known to me for this species, is 

 the Pare mountains of Central German East Africa. Here 

 Fischer met with it, as well as in Arusha, near Lake Naiwasha, 

 and in the Wapokomo country on the left bank of the Tana 

 river. Hildebrandt procured a specimen at Ndi in Teita, and 

 Mr. Neumann one on the Loita mountain. Mr. Jackson 

 obtained the only one he saw at the Eldoma ravine : " it was 

 hopping about the ground, and resembled a Sparrow in its 

 habits." The species appears to be very generally distributed 

 over Somaliland as specimens have been collected thei'e by 

 most of the naturalists who have visited that country. On 

 the label of a specimen shot by Mr. J. Bennett Stanford at 

 Lehilla, in June, 1897, is written : " Common on high ground, 

 native name ' Anass.' " Dr. Donaldson Smith, during his 

 expedition to Lake Rudolf, procured specimens in the Akara 

 country as well as in Somaliland. 



In Southern Abyssinia Mr. Pease collected specimens at 

 Daira Aila, where they were rather shy and not frequently 

 seen. Further north Dr. Blanford ^jrocured the species in 

 Eastern Abyssinia, at Lower Sooroo, and Esler has collected 

 several specimens at Ailet. Heuglin records it as occurring 

 singly in the wooded parts of the western slope of the Bogos 

 highlands near Barka, and likens their note to that of our 

 Yellow-Hammer. 



The Hon. N. C. Rothschild and Mr. A. F. R. Wollastou 



