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dilute cinnamo7neis, extus virescenti limbatis lateque nigra termi- 

 naiis, supra- et subcaudalibus pallide beryllino-ccBrulescentibus ; 

 rectricibus duabus intermediis in mare modice elongatis, pat-te 

 apicali angustata et acuminata ; ala interna fere tota cinnamo- 

 meo-fulva. 



4. Pycnonotus nigricans, Vieill. 



Pycnonotus nigricans, Heugl. loc. cit. p. 397 ; Finsch & Hartl. 

 Ostafr. p. 297. 

 A pale-coloured male specimen from Shugra. 

 This bird was already known from Wadi Firau, in Arabia Petrsea. 



5. Laniits isabellinus, Hempr. et Ehr. 



Lanius isabellinus, Hempr. & Ehren. Symb. Pliys. Av. fol. c. : 

 Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 475; Walden, Ibis, 1867, p. 224, t. v. 

 fig. 1. 



" Iris black." 



Two fine males from Shugra and Bolhaf. 



Discovered by Hemprich and Ehrenberg in the mountains near 

 Qonfudah. The late Dr. John Gould collected it in Scinde; and 

 there are specimens from Lado (Dr. Emin Bey) in the Bremen 

 Museum. 



6. TcfilTREA melanogastra, Sw. 



Tchitrea melanogastra, Heugl. loc. cit. p. 441 ; Finsch & Hartl. 

 Ostafr. p. 300. 



A young male from Hami. 



This is the first time, I believe, that this well known and widely 

 distributed African species has been found in Arabia. 



7. Uroloncha cantans (Gm.). 



Uroloncha cantansy Heugl. loc. cit. p. 594. 

 Spermestes cantans, Finch & Hartl. Ostafr. p. 435. 

 Two males from Shugra. 

 Arabia is a new locality for this common African species. 



8. Chrysospiza etjchloua (Licht.). 



Chrysospiza euchlora, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 639 ; Heugl. 

 Cab. Journ. 1868, p. 89. 



Auripasser ewc/j/onw, Bonap. Consp. p. 519; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 

 p. 157, note. 



One of the most interesting discoveries of Hemprich and Ehren- 

 berg in the mountains of Qonfudah, and in Abyssinia. Examples 

 from both localities are in the Berlin Museum. Recent collectors 

 have not met with this bird in Abyssinia. Is it really to be found 

 there ? 



The descriptions of Heuglin and Bonaparte being incomplete and 



