616 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Giaut on 



175. COSSYPHA HEUGLIM. 



Cossypha heugUni Hartl. ; Reich, iii. p. 758 (1905) ; Neu- 

 mann/j.£. O. 190G, p. 282; Ogilvie-Graut, Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. xix'. p. 370 (1910). 



Heugliu's Robin-Chat was met with in Walamo, at the 

 Omo River, and in Gofa. 



176. CoSSYPHA VERTICALIS MELANONOTA. 



Cossyplia vei'ticalis melanonota (Cab.); Reicli. iii. j). 762 

 (1905). 



Cossijpha melanojiola Ogilvie-Grant_, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. 

 p. 371(1910). 



The specimens of the Black-backed Robin-Chat appear to 

 belong to this darker and more southern form and not 

 C. verticalis. The two birds are very closely allied, and 

 greyer individuals of the present form are almost indis- 

 tinguishable from Senegambian birds with their lighter 

 coloured backs. 



177. CoSSYPHA NATALENSIS. 



CossT/pha natalensis Smith ; Reich, iii. p. 754< (1905). 



A single male example of the Natal Bush-Chat was pro- 

 cured in the Charada Forest^ Kaffa, at an elevation of 

 3000 feet, on the 28th of May. Zaphiro, never having met 

 with the species before, recorded the soft parts as follows : 

 ^'iris black ; bill black ; legs brown." This specimen closely 

 resembles the type, obtained in Natal, in the richer colour of 

 the crown, mantle, lower back, and rump ; only the sides of 

 the mantle and an indistinct band across the middle of the 

 back being dark slate-colour. Dr. Reichenow records the 

 species as occurring from Juba in Somaliland to Natal, etc.; 

 but it has never, until now, been represented in any of our 

 collections from southern Abyssinia. It appears to be a rare 

 bird living in thick forest, where it is difficult to procure 

 specimens. Mr. Swynnerton found it common in Chirinda, 

 S. Rhodesia, and obtained its nest and eggs. 



The Charada bird is rather large with a wing measuring 

 99 mm. (3 9 inches). Other males from more southern 



