234 DR. O. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
Aédon galactodes et minor, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. nos. 218, 219. 
familiaris, Heugl. Fauna d. Roth, Meer. no. 67. 
—— minor, Brehm, Habesch, p. 212. no. 48. 
—— galactodes, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 246. no. 115. 
a. 6. Koomaylee. April 5 (no. 169). 
b Koomaylee. June 5. 
c. 6. Undel Wells. May 28. 
d. ¢. River Amba. August 19. 
e. 9. River Amba. August 20. 
f. 6. Ain. July 6. 
g. d+ Bejook. August 18 (no. 23). 
The fine series in the collection of Mr. Jesse proves that there is no difference 
between Abyssinian and European specimens. Cabanis’s A. minor, said to be the eastern 
form of A. galactodes, distinguished by smaller size, is by no means separable. Dr. Brehm 
is therefore wrong in maintaining the Abyssinian A. galactodes to be permanently smaller. 
The black marking across the tail-feathers varies much. A male (c) has a broad cross 
band on the tail-feathers, the two middle ones pointed with black, and agrees in every 
respect with the female (¢). Another male wants the black apical spot on the two 
middle tail-feathers; in another specimen the black cross band is indistinct and 
restricted to the inner web. 
Long. al. Cand. Culm. Tars. 
or OCS? OY Dd ee Yada 6m. NET PYG : Ae Abyssinia. 
3 -3 2 PEP ii 6-62”” 10 -12 ... Europe.—O. F, 
[Seven specimens, procured at Koomaylee, Undel, Ain, Bejook, and Amba, show this 
species to be well distributed from the lowlands to the highlands, though more plentiful 
in the former.— VV. J.] 
65, CERCOTRICHAS ERYTHROPTERA (Gmel.). 
Cercotrichas erythropterus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 60. no. 195; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 278; id. 
Faun, des Roth. Meer. no. 94; Brehm, Habesch, p. 214. no. 67; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel 
Ostafr. p. 250. no. 116. 
Zoulla, May. 
. Koomaylee. May. 
. River Amba. August 21. 
. Between Gelamet and Kokai. August 10 (no. 45). 
3. Bejook. July 16 (no. 1777). 
SR Se os 
40 &% A 
[This species I observed at Zoulla in March, and procured them in May; Bejook, 
July 16; Gelamet, August 10; Amba, August 21. Plentiful in the lowlands. I only 
saw one other specimen on the Anseba besides the one procured at Bejook.— W. J.] 
