1895.] raoM westebn somali-land. 487 



These specimens agree with the series in the British Museum 

 from Aden and Abyssinia ; but these all differ from the form found 

 in Palestine, which seems to me to be quite distinct, and which I 

 have named M. yerhuryi (Bull. B. O. C. iv. p. xxxvi). 



Heuglin says that this species is found, mostly in pairs, from 

 Arabia Petraea south to Aden, and in the mountain valleys 

 between Berber and Suakin, in Central and Southern Nubia, and 

 in the rocky districts near Massowa, on most of the islands of the 

 Danakil coast, near Tedjura, and in the country of the Eisa 

 Somalis. 



91. PeATINCOLA AIiBlFASCIATA. 



Pratlncola sem'dorquata, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 342 (1869). 



Pratincola albifasciata, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 198 

 (1879) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 166 (1884), vi. p. 262 

 (1888). 



a. (S ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 7, 1894. Iris dark brown. 



This species was found by RiippeU in the mountains of Semien 

 in Abyssinia. Mr. Blanford procure . it near Adigrat and again on 

 Lake Ashangi, Antinori and liagazzi in Shoa from September to 

 January, and the latter naturalist at Kundi in June. Antinori 

 says that it inhabits the high districts of 2000 or 3000 metres, but 

 is also found in the " Kolla" of Mahal- Uouz, Ascaelua, and Let- 

 Maratra. 



Pam. TiiiELiiD.i. 



92. Ckateropus smithi. 



Crateropus smithi, Sharpe, Bull, B. O. Club, iv. p. xli (1895). 



C. similis C. hartlaubi et uropyijio albo, sed loris et reijione peri- 

 ophthalmica albis, reyione parotica dare cinerea, nee brunnea, 

 et yutturis pectorisque plumis dnereis, nee brunneis, albido squa- 

 mulatini maryinatls. Long. tot. 10"2poZZ., calm. 0'8, alee 4'15, 

 caudce 4'5, tarsi 1*3. 



a. ? ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 30, 1894. Iris bright red ; legs 



grey. 



b. c? ad. Darro Mountains, Nov. 18, 1894. Iris greyish 



brown ; legs brown. 

 This species belongs to the white-rumped section of the genus 

 Crateropus, and is allied to*C. hartlaubi, but is very distinct from 

 that species. The white lores and hoary face distinguish it at a 

 glance, and the grey feathers of the throat and breast, with their 

 white margins, are also a conspicuous feature. The flanks are 

 strongly fujvescent, and the general aspect of the upper surface is 

 darker than in C. hartlaubi, the tail especially being almost black, 



93. Argta etjbiginosa. 



Argya rubiginosa (Eiipp.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 390 

 (1869) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 391. 



