1895.] FROM WESTEKN SOMALI-LAND. 489 



a. Ad. SUlul, Aug. 8, 1894. Iris black. 



b. (S ad. Lammo, Aug. 12, 1894. 



c. 2 ad. Dada, Nov. 21, 1894. Iris brown. 



Dr. Reichenow (Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 207) says that 

 Pycnonoius minor, Heugl., has been procured at Itale ia Geruiau 

 East Africa, and I expected to find that the small Balbul collected 

 by Dr. Donaldson Smith wouM prove to be Heuglin's species, 

 which is said to differ from P. Imjardi in having the head and 

 throat blackish brown instead of black, and not sharply defined 

 from the colour of the back and chest. The under surface of the 

 body is also whiter. 



The last-named character is the only one which is found in the 

 Somali Bulbul. The black of the head and throat is as well defined 

 as in P. lai/ardi, and contrasts with the brown of the neck and lower 

 throat. The feathers of the upper surface have blackish-brown 

 centres, which give a mottled appearance to the back ; and the 

 fore-neck is white, with blackish centres to the feathers, giving a 

 scaly appearance which is very strongly rarked. The ends of the 

 tail-feathers are also very conspicuouslj white. 



95. Phtllosteophus pauper, n. sp. 



Siniilis P. strepitanti, Beichen., seel hrunneus, minime olivascens : 

 uropygio rufescente et cauda saturate hrunnea distinguendus. 

 Long, tot, 7'2 poll., culm. 065, alee 3'0, caudce 3*15, tarsi 0"85. 

 a. 2 ad. Shebeli, Aug. 28, 1894. Iris red. 

 The brown tail and the absolute want of any olive shade in the 

 plumage seems to distinguish this species from P. strepitans, of 

 which the Museum possesses specimens from JS"yassa-land, iden- 

 tified by Dr. Eeichenow. 



Fam. MrsciCAPin;*;, 



96. Pachypeoea puella. 



Batis puella, Eeichen. JB. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. x. p. 18 (1893); 

 id. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 150, 



a. cS ad. Hargeisa, July 21, 1894. 



b. (S . Okoto, Sept. 8, 1 894. Iris yellow ; ring next to the 



pupil thin, reddish brown. 

 The difficulty of preserving these little Flycatchers renders it by 

 no means easy to determine the extent of the white eyebrow 

 encircling the head. It is very seldom that good skins of the 

 small Pachyprorce are obtainable ; and although the pair sent by 

 Dr. Donaldson Smith are in good condition, I cannot definitely trace 

 a complete band of white round the crown. In every other respect 

 they seem to be true P. orientalis; but I think that the want of^ 

 definite eyebrow is a character of importance, and so I have re- 

 ferred them to P. puella of Reichenow, though the metlian throat- 

 mark in the female is not so clearly defined as in Dr. Reichenow's 

 figure {op. cit. fig. 69). 



