1895.] FEOM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 481 



b. Ad. Hargeisa, Julj 18, 1894. 



c. Ad. The Haud, July 23, 1894. 



d. 2 ad. ; e. cS imm. Schebeli, Sept. 9, 1894. Iris dark 



brown. 

 This bird is a small race of B. murimis. It is so much greyer 

 than B. pallidus that it cannot be confounded with it, when once 

 the frwo species are compared. There are some evidences of dusky 

 streaks on the head, which give to the bird, at first sight, a 

 resemblance to Muscicapa grisola. 



71. Mel^nobnis schistacea, n. sp. 



M. similis M. atrse, sed ubique schistacea, et remigibus inius albo 

 margiiiatis distingiienda. Long. tot. 8 poll., culm. 0"55, alee 4, 

 caud<e 4, tarsi 0'9. 



a. Ad. Darro Mountains, Nov. 19, 1894. 



The grey colour of this species easily distinguishes it from 

 3J. atra, but, in addition to that, the white quill-lining is very con- 

 spicuous. 



Earn. Stltiid.«. 



72. Phtlloscopus teo^ tilxjs. 



PhylJopseuste trocTiilus (L.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 298 

 (1869). 



Phylloscopus trochilus, Seeb. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 56 (1881) ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 153 ; Eeichen. Yog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 232 

 (1894). 



a. Ad. Sheik Mahomet, Nov. 9, 1894. 



Heuglin states that our "Willow- Wren is a plentiful visitor to 

 North-eastern Africa in winter, and he procured specimens at 

 Khartoum and Berber at the end of August and the beginning of 

 September. It goes south to Abyssinia, Kordofan, and the White 

 Nile districts. Mr. Jackson shot one in Ukambani in March, and 

 Dr. Eeichenow records it from the Eonga Eiver and Pare in 

 v^inter. 



73. Eeemomela flaticeissalis. n. sp. 



Similis E. flaviventri, sed supra sordide- schistacea, minime olivas- 

 eetis : subtus alba, hypoehondriis iniis, crisso et subcaudalibus 

 pallide sulphureis distingue tida. Long. tot. 3'5poll., culm,. 035, 

 alee 1'95, caudce 0*95, tarsi 0'65. 

 a. Ad. Shebeli, Sept. 6, 1894. Iris yellow-ochre. 

 This little species is very similar to E. flaviventris and E. griseo- 

 fava, but is easily distinguished by the small amount of yellow on 

 the underparts, which does not reach above the line of the thighs. 

 The upper surface is of a darker slate-colour, very perceptibly so on 

 comparison of specimens, and the tail-feathers have narrow white 

 fringes, not ashy olive as in E. Jlaviventris. 



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