1895.] FEOM WESTEEK SOMAII-LAKD. 485 



■84. TlTRDUS ABYSSINICFS. 



Tardus olivacinus, Bp. ; Heugl. Ore. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 382 

 (1869). 



Turclus abyssinicus, Gm. ; Seeb. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 228 

 (1881); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 159 (1884), vi. 

 p. 258 (1888). 



a. 2 juv- Sheik Mahomed, No\r. 4, 1894. Iris dark brown ; 



legs orange ; bill yellowish brown. 



b. 2 ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 7, 1894. Iris dark brown; 



eyelids yellow-ochre : bill orange ; legs bright yellow. 



Distributed over the whole of Abyssinia, according to Heuglin, 

 but only met with at an elevation of from 7000 to 11,000 feet 

 above the sea. In Wolo-land he met with it up to 12,000 feet. 



Autinori states that the species is not rare in Shoa, in 

 Arramba and Ankober, nesting in February in the forests of this 

 portion of the " Kolla." Dr. Ragazzi also found it to be very 

 common in Shoa. 



85. MONTICOLA SAXATILIS. 



Monticola saxatilis (L.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 370 

 (1869) ; Seeb. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 313 (1881) ; Salvad. Ann. 

 Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 160 (1884); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 161; 

 Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 556 (1894). 



a. $ ad. Webe Shebeli, Dec. 16, 1894. Iris dark brown. 



Heuglin records the Rock-Thrush as a spring and autumn 

 migrant in N.E. Africa, not rare in Egypt, Nabia, and Arabia. 

 Some remain during the winter, others going south. He met 

 with this species on the Gazelle River (7°-8° jN". lat.) in Novem- 

 ber, near Aden in December and January, and also on the higher 

 mountains of Abyssinia. It was procured by Autinori in Shoa, at 

 Mahal-Uonz in March, and at Algaber in October. Mr. Jackson 

 found it as far south as Ukambani, and, according to Dr. Reichenow, 

 it has been procured at Bagamoyo, Igonda, and Kageyi in German 

 East Africa. 



86. Saxicola isabellika. 



Saxicola isahdUna, Riipp. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 344 

 (1869); Seeb. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 399 (1881) ; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1885, p. 405 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 164 (1884), vi. 

 p. 36 (1888); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 162; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch- 

 Ost-Afr. p. 236 (1894). 



a. c? ad. Ummayer, Dec. 3, 1894. Iris brown. 



This is a very large specimen (wing 4-15), with a reddish- 

 brown crown, and the rufous-brown on the rump strongly marked. 

 I nof-ice, however, a tendency in many individuals in our large 

 series in the Museum to vary in these particulars, and I have 

 therefore come to the conclusion that Dr. Smith's specimen is only 

 a particularly fine one. 



The Isabelline Wheatear, according to Heuglin, is a resident 



