204 Mr. A. J. Cholmley on the Birds of 



obtained by Mr, W. T. Blanford during the British Expedition 

 to Abyssinia, 1867-68, but was then erroneously identified 

 by him with the nearly allied Sardinian Warbler {S. rnelano- 

 cephala). I fouud it not uncommon in some of the valleys 

 of the Erba Mountains, but did not notice it further north 

 than this range of hills. Besides the adult male brought 

 back, I got another spet^imen, but, unfortunately, had not 

 time to preserve it. It seems a quiet little bird, and may 

 usually be seen perched on the topmost twig of some bush. 



3. Myrmecocichla melanura (Temm.) ; Seebohm, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 360 (1881). 



I shot an example of Temminck^s Chat- Robin. 



4. Saxicola XANTHOPiiYMNA, Hempr. & Ehr. ; Seebohm, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 381 (1881) ; E. C. Taylor, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 478. 



When Seebohm wrote the fifth volume of the cata- 

 logue of birds quoted above, he observed : " There is no 

 example of this very rare Chat in the British Museum '^ ; 

 and his remark still holds good, though sixteen years have 

 elapsed since it was made. Besides the three specimens 

 mentioned by Seebohm, no additional examples had been 

 recorded until February 1896, when Mr. E. C. Taylor 

 obtained an adult bird close to the pyramids of Gizeh, as 

 recorded above, and I found it not uncommon at Ras 

 Rowaya in the Soudan. It was wild and difficult to get near, 

 but I managed to secure a fine adult on the 3rd of February, 

 1896. The sex was not ascertained, but, judging by the 

 black throat, the bird is probably a male. 



5. Saxicola deserti, Temm. ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. V. p. 383 (1881). 



The Desert-Chat was also met with, a male being obtained 

 at Sawakin Khadim on the 19th January, 1896, and a female 

 at the Erba Mountains in the following March. 



6. Pycnonotus arstnoe, Hempr. & Ehr. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. vi. p. 148 (1881). 



I shot a specimen of this Bulbul at Wadi Kukut, in the 

 Erba Mountains, in the month of March. 



