Birds from Southern Abyssinia. 637 



Key to the Species of Brady ornis *. 



I. Exposed portion of culmeu from featliers on fore- 

 head to tip 13 mm. or less. Tarsus about 

 20 mm. or less. 

 A. Crown light brownish-grey or grey with 

 distinct dark brown shaft-streaks : rest of 

 upperparts light brownish-grey or grey. 



Wing 77-84 mm J], (jriseus. 



J}. Crown dark brown, greyish-brown . or rufous- 

 brown, not distinctly streaked or very rarely so. 

 a. Crown and upperparts dark earth-brown ; 

 iinderparts suffused with rufous-buff. Size 



smaller ; wing 76-84 mm B. (jranti. 



h. Crown and upperparts pale brown ; throat 

 and imderparts whitish washed with pale 

 buff on the breast and flanks. 



a'. Size larger : wing 92-96 mm B. pallidvs. 



b'. Size smaller : wing 80-86 mm B. j). siibalaris. 



c. Crown and upperparts grdyish-broAvn ; 



throat pure white contrasting strongly 



with the pale greyish-brown breast and 



sides. 



c'. Size larger : wing 85-101 mm B. viurimis. 



d'. Size smaller : wing 80-S9 mm B. m. modestus. 



d. Crown and upperparts rufous-brown, under- 



parts pure white. Wing 84-90 mm B. marujuensis. 



IT. Exposed portion of culraen from feathers on 



forehead to tip 16-19 mm. Tarsus 27-31 mm. 



C. Upperparts brown ; underparts mostly buffy- 



brown, contrasting with the whitish-buff 



throat and middle of the belly. Wing 



108-117 mm. 



e. Culmen long, 19 mm. ; tarsus 30-31 B. infuscnius. 



f. Culmen shorter, 16 mm. ; tarsus 27-28 .... B. i. 6eimvndi. 



I). Upperparts pale brown : breast and flanks 



pale brownish-buft", throat and belly white. 



Wing 108-114 mm. ; culmen 16 ; tarsus27-28 . B. i. bengucUensis. 

 E. Upperparts greyish-brown ; underparts mostly 



white except the breast and flanks which are 



pale brownish-buff, with white edges to the 



feathers. Wing 97-109 mm.; culmen 10 j 



tarsus 27-28 B.i. an^onjii. 



* I have not examined B. syhia Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb. xvii. 

 p. 42, from Rio Campo, Cameroon. It appears to be a small bird ; 

 wing 73 mm. ; tail 60. 



