264 DR. O. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
or, to speak more exactly, not at all distinguishable from those of the true Pl. sanguini- 
rostris. It may be remarked that the western form (P/. occidentalis, Hartl.) is the same 
as the southern, not being constantly smaller, as Professor Sundevall and Dr. Hartlaub 
suggest.—O. F. 
[Iris brown, orbit orange-red; beak deep orange-red verging on crimson; legs and 
feet reddish pink. 
In the female the above colours were much paler. I met with this species first at 
Eylet, Mr. W. T. Blanford giving me the first I ever had, I being ill at the time. 
Observed more or less up the pass to the Anseba, there in plenty, as indeed at Eylet, 
in flocks. I never saw this species elsewhere during my stay in Abyssinia, or rather 
Tigré; for Abyssinia proper I never reached, Addigerat being on the border. One 
evening on the Anseba, after a heavy spate, I saw a number of small birds hawking a 
swarm of flying ants just escaped from the nest, and on shooting several found them to 
be of this species. They were not quite so handy at this work as regular insectivorous 
birds, but still clever enough to make a meal. 
Nos. 1866, 1254, 1979, and 625, mature males, have the cheeks, throat, and chin 
black, or nearly so, and the head and nape buff-colour; 1089 has but the faintest 
signs of black on the cheek, none on the chin, and the head and breast are of a much 
deeper or redder buff; 1244 and 1247 (2) have head and nape dark-brownish grey, 
and the cheeks a little paler, throat and chin pale buff; 1416 agrees with the two 
former in the head, nape, and cheeks, but has. black spots under the chin. Thus this 
series would seem to be paradoxical, as I know the sexes were rightly determined. 
Perhaps this species varies much !—W. J.] 
124, PENTHETRIA FLAVISCAPULATA (Riipp.). 
Coliupasser flaviscapulatus, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. p. 98. 
Fringilla macrocerca, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 24; Brown, Illust. t. xi. ; 
C. macrurus, Riipp. (nec Gmel.) Syst. Uebers. p. 77. no. 272; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 392. 
Penthetria macrocerca, Cab. Mus. Hein. 1. p. 176. 
. Goon Goona. May 4 (no. 1920). 
. Goon Goona. May 9 (no. 1150). 
. Goon Goona. May 4 (no. 955). 
. Facado. . May 2 (no, 1288). 
. Between Facado and Addigerat. “May 4 (no. 1258). 
. Addigerat.-May 4: (no. 1756). 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. Dig. med. 
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2 10 2 0 5h. -6 9 62.» 9:23 
All the males in Mr. Jesse’s collection are in. the winter dress, quite similar to the 
females, but haying the lesser upper wing-coverts along the humerus bright yellow. 
