Birds from Southern Abyssinia. 585 



Bunting is a very rare species in collections and was only 

 represented in the British Museum by a single specimen. 



83. Emberiza hortulana. 



Emberiza hortulana Linn. ; Shelley, iii. p. 154 (1902). 



The Ortolan was met with only in the neighbourhood of 

 Addis Abbaba in the months of October and November. 

 Both adult and immature birds are included in the series 

 obtained. 



84. Fringillaria tahapisi. 



Fringillaria tahapisi (Smith); Shelley, iii. p. 164 (1902). 



This Rock-Bunting ranges over the greater part of 

 tropical Africa, extending from the Cape to Shoa on tlie 

 east and on the west to Gaboon. Zaphiro met Avith it at 

 Addis Abbaba, Gofa, Baku, Konso, Baroda and Arussi. 



Family Alaudid.e. 



85. Tephrocorys ruficeps. 



Tephrocorys ruficeps (Riipp.) ; Shelley, iii. p. 126 (1902). 



Calandrella ruficeps Reichenow, iii. p. 379 (1909). 



Tephrocorys cinerea ruficeps Neumann, J. f. O. 1906, 

 p. 238. 



The Abyssinian Red-capped Lark Avas only met with to 

 the south of Addis Abbaba and at the Akaki River between 

 the 11th and 13th of October. In the males the wing 

 measures 92-94 mm. ; in the females 84-88 mm. The 

 females are distinctly smaller than the males and the black 

 spots on the top of the head are not confined to the occiput, 

 but extend forward over the crown to the forehead; in the 

 adult male these parts are uniform chestnut. 



86. MiRAFRA DEGENI. 



Mirafra degeni Ogilvie-Graut, Ibis, 1904, p. 261, pi. v. 



Mirafra fischeri Reichenow, iii. p. 339 (1904) [part.] 



Examples of Degen^s Lark from Uba, Baroda and 

 Walamo agree perfectly with the typical specimens from 

 Liben and with another from Kora, to the south of Addis 

 Abbaba. 



Dr. Reichenow, in his ' Vogel Afrikas ' has united both 



