Birds from Southern Abyssinia. 623 



Lake Rudolf iu July ; and in Baroda iu September. As 

 already noted ('Ibis/ 1901, p. 661) Abyssinian examples of 

 this bird are quite similar to those found in Equatorial 

 Africa. 



Of recent years the National collection has received a 

 number of additional examples of the Rufous-faced Babbling- 

 Thrush i^A. heuglini Sliarpe), afterwards, through a misunder- 

 standing, renamed A, safurata Sharpe. The species is 

 apparently confined to the coastal districts of East Africa. 



Argya sharpii. 



Argya sharpii Ogilvie-Grant & Reid, Ibis, 1901, p. 662. 



A large example of Argya procured by Donaldson Smith 

 on the upper part of the Webi Shebeli below its junction 

 with the Webi Daroli or Darde on the 27th of August 

 1904j has been separated as Argya sharpii. Dr. Reichenow 

 has united this large form with A. rubiginosa, but there 

 seems to be no particular reason for doing so and seveial 

 excellent reasons for keeping it distinct. I have again 

 examined the type-specimen which is in the Tring Museum. 

 Its large size, coupled with its distinct geographical distri- 

 bution, seems fully to justify its separation as a distinct 

 subspecies. 



A. rubiginosa. A. r. sharpii. 



Wing 3-35-3-5 ins. (=85-89 mm.). Wing 3-75 ins. ( = 96 mm.). 



Tail 4-0-4-3 „ ( = 102-110 mm.). Tail 5'0 „ ( = 122 mm.). 



196. LlOPTILCJS ABYSSINICUS. 



Lioptilus abyssinicus Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 173. 



Alcippe abyssinica (Eiipp.); Reich, iii. p. 741 (1905); 

 Erlanger, J. f. O. 1905, p. 750. 



Alcippe abyssinica abyssinica Neumann, J. f. O. 1906, 

 p. 281. 



A female example of the Abyssinian Flycatcher was sliot 

 at Manno, in Jimma, on the 13th of May, and a male at the 

 Gojeb River, Kaffa, on the 26tli of May. The comparatively 

 weak rictal bristles serve to distinguish the members of this 

 genus from true Alcippe from India. 



