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85. CossyPHA GUTTURALIS, Guér. 
Cossypha gutturalis, Guér. Rey. Zool. 1843, p. 162; Ferret & Galinier, Voy. en Abyss. Atlas, 
t. 5 (pess.). 
Sazicola albigularis, Pelzeln, Verh. Z. B. Ges. Wien. (1863) xlviii. p. 149. 
Trania finoti, De Filippi, Viaggio in Persia, p. 347. 
Bessornis albigularis, Tristr. Ibis, 1867, p. 89, t. i. 
a. 2. Koomaylee. April 3 (no. 158). 
6. 2. Mai Wallet. August 18. 
Guérin described this species after specimens brought home by MM. Ferret et Galinier 
from Abyssinia, without giving a certain locality. Neither Dr. Riippell nor v. Heuglin, 
nor any other traveller, obtained this rare species, it is therefore of much interest to 
find them in the collection of Mr. Jesse. A male from North-east Africa I saw in the 
Berlin Museum. ‘There is no doubt that the so-called Savxicola albigularis from 
Smyrna and Palestine, and the Jrania finoti from Persia! are the same birds. The 
female marked @ agrees very well with a male from Smyrna, except being beneath 
of a somewhat lighter and duller cinnamon-colour, and having a narrower white stripe 
along the chin and throat. The female, }, agrees very well with the figure given in 
the ‘ Ibis’ (back-ground) as that of the female, but is certainly a young bird. The 
two sexes are alike, a fact hitherto unknown. 
It must be remarked that the figure in the Atlas of the ‘Voyage en Abyssinie,’ by 
Ferret et Galinier (tab. 5), is not very correct, having the white superciliary stripe too 
much extended, the tail too long, &c. 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
pu Gu! eal c. 6!" Oe Ti tals 
3° (6 Bt 53 1 ee eee , 
3 6 2 8 6 liz .... od. Smyrna.—0O. F. 
[Eye black; beak black; legs and feet black. 
Procured two specimens, both in the plains on the coast; did not observe this bird 
elsewhere.— IV’. J. | 
86. CRATEROPUS LEUCOPYGIUS, Riipp. 
Tzos leucopygius, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. p. 82, t. 30. f. 1. 
Crateropus leucopygius, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 60. no. 199; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 282 ; td. Fauna 
d. Roth. Meer. no. 112; Brehm, Habesch, p. 214. no. 68. 
a. 3. Undel Wells. May 5th. 
6. 2. Rayrayguddy. May 27th. 
The female shows the rump only dirty white, the white of the head washed with 
ashy.—0. F, 
[Iris crimson. 
I have only two specimens of this species. On first looking over Dr. Finsch’s list 
‘ Since the above was written I have examined the type of De Filippi in the Turin Museum myself. It is 
a young bird of the present species.— 0. F’ 
