330 Mr. W. T. Blanford on a new Hare from Abyssinia. 



Long. al. 2-5, caucL 2-05, tars. 0-78, rostr. a fr. 0*36, a rict. 0-5, tota 



circa 45 poll. Angl. 

 Hah. in provincia Habcssiiiiea " Tigrc " dicta. 



Alauda 'proctermissa^ sp. no v. 



A. supra fusco-umbrina, capitis, colli postici interscapuliique plumis 

 late et pallide rufescenti-marginatis ; dorso posteriore magis cine- 

 rascente, vix striolato ; superciliis et gastrteo toto isabelliuis ; 

 genis, colli lateribus pectoreque saturatioribus et fusco guttatis, 

 regione parotica fuscescente, remigibus et tectricibus alarum um- 

 brinis, primariis extus isabellino, secundariis cum tectricibus ala- 

 rum rufo marginatis ; remigibus omnibus intus versus basin rufo- 

 fulvis ; uropygio et rectricibus medianis rufescenti-umbrinis, ex- 

 teris (pogoniis internis basin versus exceptis) et pogoniis externis 

 secundarum rufo-isabellinis, casteris cum partibus reliquis 4 ex- 

 ternarum fumoso-nigricantibus. Caput subcristatum ; rostrum 

 supra fuscum, subtus pallidum ; pedes carnei. 



Long. al. 3-9, caud. 2-15, tars. 1, ung. post. 0*45, rostr. a fr. 0-5, a 

 rictu 0*75, tota circa 6-25 poll. Angl. Foemina ^dx minor. 



Hah. in provincia Habessinica " Tigre " dicta. Circa pagum Senafe 

 frequeutissimam inveni. 



Crithagra Jiavivertex^ sp. nov. 



O. supra olivacea, obsolete fusco maculata, fronte late aurea, pileo 

 summo paullatim olivascente ; superciliis flavis, postice produetis ; 

 loris fuscis ; colli lateribus olivaceis, immaculatis ; uropygio flavo; 

 remigibus cum tectricibus alarum rectrieibusque fuscis flavo 

 marginatis, remigum marginibus internis pallidis ; gastroeo sordide 

 flavo, olivascenti-lavato, crisso albescente ; rostro brunneo, pedi- 

 biis fuscis. Pcemina vix dilutius colorata. 



Long. al. 3-15, caud. 245, tars. 0-G, rostr. a fr. 0*35, tota circa 5-25 

 poll. Angl. 



Hah. in provincia Habessinica " Tigre " dicta. 



Lepus tigrensis^ sp. nov. 



L. persimilis L. saxat'di, sed minor, Cauda breviore, plantarura pilis 



ferrugineis, hand umbrinis. 

 Long, capitis 4, corporis circa 13, caudfc cum pilis ad extremitatem 4, 



sine pilis 3, auris 5, lat. ejusdem 2-8; long, craiiii 3-5, lat. 1*6, 



alt. 2-2 ; long, tibia; 5-3, tarsi 4-5, radii 4'5, carpi 23 poU. 



Angl. 



Syn. Lepus abyssinicus, Lefebvre, Voyage in Abyssinie, Atlas, pi. 5. fig. 1 

 (nee Ilempr. et Elireub.). 



More complete descriptions, wliere necessary, and figures 

 will be given in my forthcoming account of natural-history 

 observations made during the Abyssinian expedition. 



