468 DR. B. B. SHABPJB ON BIBDS [May 21, 



This is a Somali species, which extends its range southwards into 

 East Africa, as Dr. Beichenow records it from the Konga Kiver, 

 Aruscha, Masai-land, and Ugogo. Dr. Eagazzi has also obtained 

 it in Shoa at the Falls of Farre, near Dinghai Mesghia, in March. 



27. HETEEHXPHAIfTES EMIXI. 



Sycobroius emini, Hartl. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 92. 



BeUrhyphantes emini, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 420 

 (1890). 



a. Imm. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 7, 1894. Bill black ; iris 

 white ; feet light brown. 



It is interesting to find this Equatorial African species in 

 "Western Somali-land. 



28. HxPHAlfTOENIS GALBULA. 



Eyphantomis galhula (Eiipp.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 557, 

 tab. xviii. fig. D (1871); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 191 

 (1884), vi. p. 291 (1888) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 442 

 (1890). 



rt, h. S ad. ; c, d. 2 ad. Boholgarshan, July 15, 1894. 



Heuglin says that the range of this Weaver-bird is from 19° N. 

 lat. southwards to the district of the Eisa Somalis ; it is most 

 plentiful in Sambar and Bogos-land, from the sea-shore up to 

 6000 feet. In the interior of Abyssinia, the eastern districts of 

 Tigrie, it appears much less frequently, as in the ISile region. On 

 the Bischarin Mountains it extends to the neighbourhood of 

 Suakin. In Shoa, Antinori procured specimens from March to 

 August, and Dr. Eagazzi records the species as common and 

 breeding near the Farre Falls. 



29. Hyphastoesis titellixa. 



Htiphantomis vitdlina (Licht.) ; Heugl. Orn. Js .O.-Afr. i. p. 555, 

 tab. 'xviii. fig. C (1871); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 462 

 (1890); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 254. 



a, h. S ad. Darro Mountains, Sept. 15, 1894. Iris orange ; 

 feet light brown. 



This Weaver-bird, according to Heuglin, appears at the end of 

 May and June in the region of the Lower Blue and White Niles, 

 and on the Nile itself north to Berber. It appears not to occur 

 in Shoa, but was found by Mr. Jackson at Kamassia. 



30. ClNNAMOPTEETX EUBIGHN'OSA. 



Hyphantornis rubiginosa (Eiipp.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. 

 p. 560 (1871). 



Cinnamopteryx rubiginosa (Eiipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 473 (1890) ; id. Ibis, 1891, p. 2.54. 



Plocexis rubiginosus, Eeichen. Yog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 180 

 (1895). 



