330 Mr, W. T. Blanford on a new Hare from Abyssinia. 



Long. al. 2*5, caud. 2-05, tars. 0-78, rostr. a fr. 0-36, a rict. 0*5, tota 



circa 45 poll. Angl. 

 Hah. in provincia Habessiiiica " Tigre " dicta. 



Alauda prcetermissa, sp. nov. 



A. supra fusco-umbrina, capitis, colli postici interscapnliique plumis 

 late et pallide rufescenti-marginatis ; dorso posteriore magis cine- 

 rascente, vix striolato ; superciliis et gastraeo toto isabellinis ; 

 genis, colli lateribus pectoreque saturatioribus et fusco guttatis, 

 regione parotica fuscescente, remigibus et tectricibiis alarum um- 

 brinis, primariis extiis isabellino, secundariis cum tectricibus ala- 

 rum rufo marginatis ; remigibus omnibus intus versus basin rufo- 

 f id vis ; uropygio et rectricibus medianis rufescenti-umbrinis, ex- 

 teris (pogoniis internis basin versus exceptis) et pogoniis externis 

 secundarum rufo -isabellinis, caeteris cum partibus reliquis 4 ex- 

 ternarum fumoso-nigricantibus. Caput subcristatum ; rostrum 

 supra fuscum, subtus pallidum ; pedes carnei. 



Long. al. 3-9, caud. 2-15, tars. 1, ung. post. 0-45, rostr. a fr. 0-5, a 

 rictu 0'75, tota circa 6-25 poll. Angl. Foemina vix minor. 



Hah. in provincia Habessinica " Tigre " dicta. Circa pugum Senafe 

 frequcntissimam inveni. 



Crithagra flavivertex, sp. nov. 



C. supra olivacea, obsolete fasco maeulata, fronte late aurea, pileo 

 summo pauUatim olivascente ; superciliis flavis, postice productis ; 

 loris fuscis ; colli lateribus olivaceis, immaculatis ; uropygio flavo; 

 remigibus cum tectricibus alarum rectricibusque fuscis flavo 

 marginatis, remigum marginibus internis pallidis ; gastraso sordide 

 flavo, olivascenti-lavato, crisso albescente ; rostro brunneo, pedi- 

 bus fuscis. Foemina vix dilutius colorata. 



Long. al. 3-15, caud. 2-15, tars. 0-6, rostr. a fr. 0-35, tota circa 5*^25 

 poll. Angl. 



Hah. in provincia Habessinica " Tigre " dicta. 



Lepus tigrensisj sp. nov. 

 L. persimilis L. saxatili, sed minor, cauda breviore, plantarum pilis 



ferrugineis, baud umbrinis. 

 Long, capitis 4, corporis circa 13, caudae cum pilis ad extremitatem 4, 



sine pilis 3, auris 5, lat. ejusdem 2*8; long, cranii 3-5, lat. 1-6, 



alt. 2-2 ; long, tibiae 5-3, tarsi 4-5, radii 4-5, carpi 2-3 poll. 



Angl. 

 Syn. Lepus ahyssinicus, Lefebvre, Voyage in Abyssinia, Atlas, pi. o. fig. 1 



(nee Hempr. etEbrenb.). 



More complete descriptions, where necessary, and figures 

 will be given in my forthcoming account of natural-history 

 observations made during the Abyssinian expedition. 



