Mr. W. T. Blanford on neio Birds from Ahyssinia. 329 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XII. 



Fig. 1. Two rows of teeth of Janassa (C.) lingu(efor7nis, a little over the 

 natural size, arranged in order, the anterior row merely indi- 

 cated : a, central primary tooth ; b, root ; c, first lateral primary 

 tooth 5 (I, second oblique ditto ; e, secondary or Petalodontoid 

 form ; /, root of ditto. 



Fig. 2. Primary tooth of J. lingucefo)-mis, smooth variety, slightly en- 

 larged : a, scoop-like cutting-margin ; 5, grinding- or crushing- 

 surface. 



Fig. 3. Primary tooth of the same, a little enlarged ; worn variety, inter- 

 mediate between the smooth variety and those much undulated. 



Fig. 4. Diagram of profile of primary tooth : a, scoop-like cutting-mar- 

 gin ; b, crushing- or giinding-surface ; c, root. 



XXXVIII. — Descriptions of Jive Birds and a Hare from Ahys- 

 sinia. By William T. Blanfoed, F.G.S., C.M.Z.S. 



Hirundo cethiojnca^ sp. nov. 

 H. similis H. albigulari, Strickl. (Contrib. to Ornith, 1849, pi. 17), 



sed conspicue minor et torque pectorali interrupta, gutture pec- 



toreque rufescenti-lavatis. 

 Long, tota 5-25, al. 4-3, rect. med. 1-55, ext. 2*3, tarsi 0-45, rostr. 



a fr. 0-3, a riot. 0-5 poll. Angl. 



Sj'n. Cecropis rnjifrons, auct., ex Abyssinia. 



Hirundo atbigularis, Strickl. apud Heuglin, Ornithologie N. 0. 

 Africa's, p. 113 (nee Strickland, I. c). 



Hcib. in Abyssinia septentrionali, et in Nubia (teste Heuglin). 



Ruticilla (?) fuscicaudata^ sp. nov. 



R. supra brunnescenti-fusca, uropygio magis rufescente ; remigibus 

 rectricibusque fuscis, vix paliidiore marginatis ; macula ante- 

 oculari nigrescente, albido circumdata ; mento, gula, abdomineque 

 medio sordide albis, pectore et hypochondriis cinerascentibus. 

 E-ostro pedibusque fuscis. 



Long, tota circa 5-5 poll. Angl., al. 2*95, caud. 2*2, tars. 0*9, rostr. 

 a fr. 0-45, a rict. 0-7. 



Hob. in Abyssinia septentrionali. 



The form of this bird resembles Ruticilla^ the bill being 

 similar and the tarsi smooth in front ; but the sombre plumage 

 rather resembles that of a Sylvia. Its nearest allies are R. 

 [Saxicola) familiaris, Stephens, and R. {ErytJmcus) sinuata^ 

 Schlegel. The tail is somewhat rounded, and the wing is less 

 pointed than in Ruticilla. 



PkyUoscopus habessinicuSj s]3. nov. 



Ph. P. trochili similis, sed supra magis viridescens, subtus isabellinus 

 vix flavescens, cauda lougiore. 



Ann. ds Man. N. Hist. Ser. 4. Vol, iv. 24 



