Birds from Southern Abyssinia. 597 



Family Certhiid.^. 



115. Salporxis salvadorii abyssinica, subsp. n. 

 Salpornis spilonotus iiov. subsp. ? Neumann, J. f. O. 1906, 



p. 259. 



A female of this Tree-Creeper was procured in thick 

 forest at None near the Gibbe River on the 29th of April, 

 and on the 31st a second sj)ecimen, a male, was shot at 

 Limmu on the Urguessa River. These specimens are 

 exactly alike in plumage and may be distinguished both 

 from S. salvadorii (Bocage), and S. s. emini Hartlaub, by 

 the distinctly rufous-buff colour of the breast aud abdomen ; 

 the smaller wliite spotting on the mantle giving the upper- 

 parts a darker appearance ; and the rather shorter bill. The 

 most distinctive character is the rufous colour of the uutler- 

 parts. Iris, bill, and legs black. 



It was no doubt an example of this subspecies that 

 Professor Neumann obtained at Kaffa in March and referred 

 to as a doubtfully distinct subspecies. 



(^ . Limmu, 31. iv. 05. Wmg 93 m.m.'\ Types of the 



$. Nono, 29.iv. 05 ,, 93 mm. J subspecies. 



Family Parid>3E. 



116. Parus leucomelas. 



Parus hucomelas Riipp. ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1907, p. 588. 



Parus niger lacuum Neumann, J. f. O. 1906, p. 260. 



A large series of this Black Titmouse collected in all parts 

 of southern Abyssinia seems to show that the birds found in 

 the lake district, about Lake Zwai^ are on the whole slightly 

 larger than others met with in KaflFa, Kullo, Gofa and 

 southwards about the north end of Lake Rudolf. Ten 

 specimens from Lake Zwai have a wing - measurement 

 varying from 83-91 mm. aud eleven from the more southern 

 districts vary from 79 to 86 mm. Under these circumstances 

 P. n. lacuum cannot be upheld. 



117. Parus leucoxotcs. 



Parus leuconotus Reich, iii. p. 513 (1905) ; Neumann, 

 J. f. O. 1906, p. 261. 



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