Birds from Southern Abyssinia. G31 



are referable to the larger and darker backed C. u. omoensis 

 Neumann. 



215, BllADYORNlS GRISEUS. 



Bradornis griseus Eeich. ; Reich, ii. p. 435 (1903) ; Neu- 

 mann, J. f. O. 1905, p. 204. 



Bradornis griseus erlungeri Reich. ; Erlanger, J. f. O. 

 1905, p. 680. 



Bradijornis 2)umilus yihavY)e ; Ogilvie-Grant & Reid, Ibis, 

 1901, p. 643. 



The Grey Robin- Shrike was met with in the country 

 between the north end of Lake Rudolf and Lake Stefanie, 

 in July and August ; also about Lake Zwai and Lake 

 Helene, in January and February. Wing-measurement 

 75-78 mm. 



216. Bradyorxis granti. 



Bradyornis sp. inc. Ogilvic-Grant, Ibis, 1907, p. 592. 



Bradyornis granti Banneruian, Bull. B. O. C. xxvii, p. 84 

 (1911). 



The existence of tliis small fulvous-breasted Robin-Shrike 

 was first noticed by myself, when two examples were col- 

 lected by Zaphiro on the Baro River. Subsequently he 

 collected a series Avhich clearly proved that the south 

 Abyssinian bird was quite distinct from the allied forms. 

 Examples were procured at the following localities : Gibbe 

 River, Gomma, Jiuima, KafFa, Konta, Gofa, Uba, Baku, 

 AValamo and Kambata, between April and September. The 

 series includes a number of young birds, killed between May 

 and July, with bufi-spotted upperparts and brown edges to 

 the feathers of the foreneck and chest, giving these parts a 

 mottled appearance. The species is easily distinguished 

 from its allies by its small size, darker brown upperparts, 

 and tawny-buff underparts, characters which are less marked 

 in a female from Kambata. This specinien also has tlie 

 upperparts rather greyer than the rest of the series. Wing 

 76-84 mm. ; tail 67-71. 



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