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71. SaxicoLa LuGuBRIS, Riipp. 
Sazxicola lugubris, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. p. 77, t. 28. f.1.; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 58. no. 153; Heugl. 
Syst. Uebers. no. 229; Brehm, Habesch, p. 212. no. 51. 
a. 3. Rayrayguddy. May 27. 
6. g. Senafé. April 25 (no. 451). 
A beautiful species; the old male accurately figured by Dr. Riippell.—0O. P. 
[Iris brown; beak black; legs and feet black. 
Only two specimens procured; one at Rayrayguddy, May 27, 1868.—W. J.] 
72. SAXICOLA MELANURA, Riipp. 
Saxicola melanura, Riipp. in Temm. Pl. Col. 257; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 58. no. 158. 
Pratincola melanura, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 245; id. Fauna des Roth. Meer. no. 90. 
Cercomela asthenia, Bp. 
Saxicola melanura, Brehm, Habesch, p. 213. no. 52; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 257. no. 120. 
a. Undel Wells. May 5. 
b. R. Amba. August 18 (no. 21). 
c. 2. R. Amba. August 19. 
d. 3. R. Amba. August 21. 
The sexes are similar. 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
ge TU ee ee ee De Sas 5/51” 93’’-10’"— 0. F. 
[Plentiful in the lowlands in August, has a peculiar habit of spreading out its tail in 
the form of a fan; Cercotrichas erythroptera and Aédon galactodes also have this 
peculiarity — W. J.] 
73. THAMNOBIA ALBIFRONS (Riipp.). 
Sazicola albifrons, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. 1835, p. 78; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 58. no. 155, t. 17. 
—— frontalis, Sw. W. Afr. ii. (1837) p. 46. 
albifrons, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 231. 
Thamnobia frontalis, Hartl. W. Afr. p. 68. 
a. $. Bejook. July 13 (no. 1765). 
6. 2. Bejook. July 13 (no. 1273). 
The female has no white on the forehead.—0O. F. 
[Iris brown. 
The only two specimens procured or observed, as well as I can recollect: both shot 
on the same day, and male and female.—W. J. | 
74. Ruricrtua pHaNicurA (L.). 
Ruticilla pheenicura, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 57. no. 142; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 224; id. Fauna 
d. Roth. Meer. no. 78; Brehm, Habesch, p. 213. no. 56. 
a. 5. Senafé. April 25 (no. 402). 
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