1895.] FROM WESTEEN SOMALI-I/AND. 483 



77. CiSTICOLA DODSONI. 



Cisticola dodsoni, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. Club, iv. p. xxix. 

 a. 2 ad. The Haud, July 25, 1894. 



78. Cisticola maegiivalis. 



Cisticola niarrjinata, Heugl. Oru. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 248 (1869) ; 

 Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 223 (1894). 



Cisticola marginalis (Heugl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mns. vii. 

 p. 258 (1883). 



a. c? ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 4, 1894. Iris and legs light 

 brown. 



Heuglin obtained this species only on the Upper "White Nile, 

 the Gazelle Eiver, and on the Lower Bahr-el-Djebel. Said by 

 Dr. Eeichenow to have been obtained at Tabora in East Africa. 



79. Cisticola somalica, sp. n. 



Similis C. haesitatse, seel major et uropjfgio cinerascente concolore 

 distiiu/uenda. Long. tot. i'6 poll., cidm. 0'6, cdee 2-15, cauda: 

 1-9, tarsi 0*8. 



a. 2 ad. Milniil, July 26, 1894. 



b. (S ad. Ehrer, Aug! K, 1894. 



Although very similar to C. ho'sitaia of Socotra, this species is 

 so much larger that it is impossible to believe that they can be 

 identical. The rump also is uniform ashy, whereas it is distinctly 

 mottled with darker centres in C. h(esitata. Another African 

 species with which it seems to be related is C. luf/ubris, which it 

 resembles in size, but is easily recognizable by its strongly streaked 

 head and neck, the dark streaks being equally distinct on the sides 

 of the face. It is also of a paler grey, and is further distinguished 

 by the absence of rufous on the ^ing. 



This species is evidently closely allied to C. cmereoZa of Salvador! 

 (Ann. Mus. Genov. 2, vi. p. 254) from Earre in Shoa, but is 

 apparently distinguished by the strong shade of buff on the under- 

 parts and by the colour of the feet, which are dark yellowish 

 brown, and could not be called pale horn-colour. 



Fam. TuRDiD^. 



80. Eettheoptgia leucopteea. 



Aeclon leucoptera (Eiipp.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 279 

 (1869); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 152 (1884). 



Erythroptfcjia leucoptera, Sharpe, Cat. 13. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 79 

 ('1883): Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 406 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. 

 (2) vi. p. 255 (1888). 



a. <S ad. Dullaat, July 13, 1894. 



h. 2 ad. Hargeisa, Jiily 21, 1894. 



c. Ad. Shebeli, Sept. 6, 1894. Iris dark brown ; base of 



under mandible yellow-ochre. 



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