1895.] FEOM WESTEEN SOMALI-LAND. 471 



ally, and the white belly is also a conspicuous feature, while the 

 collar of black spots on the fore-neck of the female is quite 

 remarkable. The male has a greyish band across the lower throat. 



36. EmBERIZA POLIOPLEtTRA. 



Fringillaria poliopleura, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) 

 vi. p. 269 (1888). 



a. cJ . Sibbe, Aug. 4, 1894. Mr. Gillett obtained a male on 



the Shebeli. 

 h. s . Ehrer, Aug. 16, 1894. 

 c. Juv. Sheik Husein, Oct. 1, 1894. Iris dark brown; feet 



light brown. 

 This species was discovered by Dr. Eagazzi at Sodde in Shoa, 

 where it was pronounced by him to be rare. Count Salvador! 

 {I. c.) has given some excellent notes on the Buntings of this 

 group, and considers Emberiza affinis (Heugl.) to be a distinct 

 species. 



Fam. ALAUDiDiE. 



37. Tepheocoeys etjticeps. 



Calandritis anderssoni (nee Tristr.), Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. 

 pt. 2, p. 699 (1871). 



TepJirocorys rujiceps (Eiipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 563 (1890). 



Calnndriiis rujiceps, Heugl. t. c. p. 698 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. 

 Genov. (2) i. p. 170 (1884). 



Calatulrella rvficeps, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 268. 



a, b. (5 ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 13, 1894. Iris and legs 

 brown. 



Hetiglin says that this species represents our Skylark in the 

 high mountains of Abyssinia, where it is found between 6000 and 

 11,000 feet. He found it to the north in Hamasien, southwards 

 to the Woho-Gala Mountains, and not to the westward beyond the 

 Tana Lake. In Shoa, Antinori found it in June and November, 

 and Dr. Eagazzi at Ealle, in the Mulo Galla country, in December 

 and January. 



38. Spizocobts peesonata, n. sp. 

 a. S ad. Sassabana, Aug. 3, 1894. 



As this specimen is moulting, it is extremely difficult to deter- 

 mine the exact genus it should be placed in ; but it has a very 

 diminutive first primary, and I think that it will prove to be a 

 second species of Spizocorys. From S. curvirostris it is easily 

 distinguished by its vinous breast and abdomen, grey ear-coverts, 

 sides of neck and fore-neck, forming a band across the latter and 

 separating the white throac from the vinous breast. It is also 

 remarkable for the black lores and region of the eyes, the black 

 descending obliquely across the throat and joining a black streak 

 along the anterior malar region. 



