486 DE. E. B. SHAEPE ON BiEDS [May 21, 



bird in AbyssiDia, and breeds in Semien np to 10,000 feet. It 'is 

 found singly, in autumn, winter, and spring, in Egypt, Arabia, and 

 on the islands and coast of the Red iSea, as well as in Somali- 

 land, Nubia, and Ivordofan. Antinori procured a specimen at 

 Daimbi, in Shoa, in November. Mr. Jackson found this Wheatear 

 very plentiful in January in Turquel, at the foot of Mount Elgon, 

 and it has been procured by Dr. Fischer on Lake Naiwascha, and 

 near Kipini in Formosa Bay. 



87. Saxicola (enanthe. 



ScLvicola cenanthe (L.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 347 (1869); 

 Seeb. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 391 (1881); Oust. t.c. p. 7 (1886); 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 162. 



a. 2 ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 23, 1894. Iris dark brown. 



Our Eiu-opean "Wheatear is said by Heuglin to be a wioter 

 visitant to North-eastern Africa and Arabia, south as far as the lake 

 districts of the LTpper Nile. Mr. Jackson procured a specimen at 

 Kitina, in January, and Dr. Eeicbenow records the species as a 

 winter visitant to Igonda, Ugalla, Ussare, and Kageyi in German 

 East Africa. 



88. Saxecola phillipsi, 



Saxicola 2)Mli2Jsi, Shelley, Ih'is, 18S5, p. 404, pi. xii. ; Salvad. 

 t. c. p. 556 (1894). 



a. cJ ad. Hargeisa, July 16, 1894. 



89. Saxicola somalica, n. sp. 



S. simiUs S. morioni, cauda eodem modo notata, sed gula alba 

 distinyuenda. Long. tot. 6'4 poll., culm, 0*5, alee 3'7, caudce 

 2-45, tarsi 1-85. 



a. cJ imm. [?]. Doda, Nov. 21, 1894. Iris brown. 

 After a careful comparison of examples of all the species of 

 Saxicola in the British Museum, I have been unable to refer this 

 specimen to any one of them. The bird is in winter plumage, and 

 is in most respects like the winter plumage of S. morio. The black 

 on the ear-coverts and on the sides of the neck is developing 

 plainly, but the throat, which in the parallel plumage of S. morio 

 is also black, is white in S. somalica ; nor can I trace any sign of 

 underlying black plumage, which is always observable in S. morio. 

 I am therefore under the impression that the species is quite 

 distinct from the last-mentioned bird. 



90. Myemecocichla melanuea. 



Saxicola melanura (Temm.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 361 

 (1869), 



Myrmecocichla melctnura (Temm.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 361 (1881); Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art, 10, 

 p, 7 (1886). 



a, b. Ad. Daragoody, July 11, 1894. 



