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for comparison, but I must say that all the examples before me 

 from Mr. Jackson's and Dr. Donaldson Smith's collections seem to 

 me to belong to one and the same race, identical with others ia the 

 Museum from the "White Nile, Lado, and the Zeraf Eiver ( Capt. 

 H. W. Dunn). Strict comparison will be necessary with typical 

 examples of E. semipartita ; but there is also some variation to be 

 seen in the shade of the grey on the rump and wings, as well as of 

 the orange of the under surface ; and the characters of E. Jcavi- 

 rondensis do not seem to me to be very forcible ones. 



MUSOIOAPA GEISOLA. 



Muscicapa grisola L. ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 490 ; Peel, 

 Somali-land, p. 318 ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 173; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. 

 iii. p. 211 (1901). 



a. 2 ad. Lake Stefanie, Nov. 29, 1899. 



Baxis obientalis. 



Pachypiwa orientalis (Heugl.) ; Lort Philhps, Ibis, 1896, p. 76, 

 1898, p. 444; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 74; Peel, Somali-land, 

 p. 317. 



Bails orientalis (Heugi.) ; Oust. Bibl. Haut.-Etudes, xxxi. Art. 10, 

 p. 5 (1888) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. p. 244 (1901) ; Grant, Ibis, 

 1900, p. 172; id. & Eeid, Ibis, 1901, p. 662. 



a. 6 ad. Akara country, Feb. 21, 1900. 



b. c? ad. Lumin, Feb. 24, 1900. 



Plattstiba albierons. 



Platystira alhifrons Sharpe; id. Hand-1. B. iii. p. 246 (1901) 

 Jackson, Ibis, 1901, p. 90. 



«, 6. d $ ad. ; c. ? imm. Loker, March 12, 1900. 

 d. 2 ad. Near Fort Berkeley, March 13, 1900. 



Terpsiphone cristata. 



Terpsiphone cristata Sharpe ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 490 ; Lort 

 Phillips, Ibis, 1896, p. 76 ; Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. i. no. 2, 

 p. 48 ; Lort Philhps, Ibis, 1898, p. 414 ; Peel, Somali-land, p. 318 ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. p. 264 (1900); Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 171, 

 1901, p. 288 ; id. & Eeid, t. c. p. 663. 



a. S ad. ; h. 6 imm. Omo Eiver, Dec. 23, 1899. 



Phyllostrophfs sxrepitans. 



Phylhstrophus strepitans Eeichenow ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. 

 p. 327 (1901). 



a. S ad. Omo Eiver, Dec. 23, 1899. 



b. 2 ad. Omo Eiver, Dec. 24, 1899. 



c. Ad. Mursu country, Dec. 29, 1899. 



d. 2 ad. Mursu country, Jan. 2, 1900. 



These specimens are very rufous in tint, and agree with Captain 

 Shelley's type of P. sharpei from Dar-es-Salaam. This species he 



