624 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 



Family Pycnoxotid^. 



197. Pycxoxotus ahsixoe schoanus. 



Pycnonotus arsinf/e schoanus Neumann ; Erlanger, J. f. O. 



1905, p. 712; Reicli. iii. p. 840 (1905). 



Pycnonotus barbatus schoanus Neumann, J. f. 0. 1906, 

 p. 240. 



The Abyssinian Bulbul was found near Addis Abbaba, at 

 Lake Zwai, and at Buurka, Arussi ; also in the Charada 

 Forest, Kaffa, 4000-6000 feet. 



This dark-backed bird is easily distinguished from the 

 paler typical form of P. arsino'e, found in the Nile Valley. It 

 differs even more from the Somalilaud bird, P. a. somaliensis 

 Eeich., which, though also regarded as a subspecies of 

 P. arsino'e, really belongs to a rather distinct group and is 

 perhaps entitled to full specific rank. It is characterised 

 by the marked white patch behind the ear-coverts and by 

 having the dark feathers of the chest continued in a series 

 of blotches over the upper breast. In P. arsino'e and P. a. 

 schoanus the dark chest is sharply defined from the white 

 breast. 



198. Phyllostrephus strepitans. 



Phyllostreplius strepilans (Reich.) ; Neumann, J. f. O. 



1906, p. 240. 



As Prof. Neumann has pointed out, P. sharpii Shelley 

 (Ibis, 1880, p. 334) and P. pauper Sharpe (P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 489), are undoubtedly synonymous with P. strepitans 

 (Reich.) (Orn. Centralb. 1879, p. 139). 



This species has been named (or misnamed) by Stark, 

 Reichenow's Bristle- necked Bulbul, but in very few 

 examples are these filo-plumes visible. Examples were 

 procured at the following localities : Gofa iu June ; the 

 north of Lake Rudolf in July ; Mircha and Konso in August ; 

 and Lake Bakate in September. 



Family Campophagid^. 



199. CORACINA CESIA. 



Graiicalus casius (Licht.) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. xix. p. 389 (1910). 



