608 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Graiit on 



147. OllTIIOTOMUS MAJOR. 



Orthotomus major Bliuid. & Lovat ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 

 1900, p. 158. 



Heliolais niaiur E/cicb. iii. p. 570 (1905). 



Two pairs of tbis rare Tailor-bird uere collected by 

 Zapliiro in Konta aud KuUo between tbe 15tli and 2.2nd 

 of June, 1905. Tbe type-specimen, a male in winter- 

 plumage, witb tbe crown and mantle vinaceous-red aud tbe 

 breast and belly very pale cinnamon, was sliot by Lord Lovat 

 at Gitemma, east of tbe Didessa River. Tbe specimens in 

 tbe present collection, and likewise an example killed by 

 Emin Pasba at Tingasi in July, are in summer-plumage and 

 bave tbe crown and mantle mucb darker tban in tbe type- 

 specimen, wbile tbe cbest and rest of tbe undcrparts are 

 brigbt cinnamon, being of mucb the same colour as in 

 breeding-specimens of 0. crythroptera. Tbe bill is ligbt 

 born-colour as in tbe winter-bird. 



Specimens of 0. ert/throptera hi winter-plumage (January) 

 have tbe crown and upperparts vinaceous-red, and tbe undcr- 

 parts below the cbest pale cinnamon ; in May and June the 

 grey summer-plumage appears on the head and back, tbe 

 breast and belly become brighter cinnamon and the bill 

 becomes black {cf. Alexander, Ibis, 1902, j). 321). Tbe 

 Abyssinian O. major is easily distinguished by its much 

 larger and stronger bill. 



148. SCHCENICOLA APICALIS. 



Schoenicola apicalis (Cab.) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. xix. p. 353 (1910). 



The Fan-tailed Reed- Warbler is widely distributed in 

 East Africa southwards of about latitude 8° north. Adult 

 examples were met with at Gorama in May and at Konta in 

 June^ while an immature female with the throat, breast, and 

 belly yellowish-white was obtained at Gofa in July. 



149. Bradypterus cinnamomeus. 



Bradijpterus cinnamnmevs (Riipp.) ; Erlanger, J. £. O. 

 1905, p. 723 ; Ogilvie-Grant, Trar.s. Zool. Soc. xix. pp. 35 4, 

 355 (1910) ; Pycraft, /. c. p. 454, text-fig. 14 (1910). 



RUppeirs Recd-Warbler was met with only at Kullo at 



