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extending over tlie vreh as in A. imberbis. Iris brownish- 

 black. Wing 72 mm. ; tail 42. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of A. imberbis, but 

 without distinct dark shaft-streaks to the feathers of the 

 chest, while those on the sides and flanks are much narrower 

 and confined more or less to the shaft. Wing 65 mm. 



Hab. Jimma, S.W. Abyssinia. 



Types in the British Museum: J. Jimma, 5000ft., 

 21. V. 05 ; ? . Guma, 8. v. 05 (P. Zaphiro). Presented by 

 \V. N. McMillan, Esq. 



Eremomela elegans abyssinica, subsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Most nearly allied to £. elegans 

 (lieugl.), from which they differ in having the head and 

 nape rather darker grey and less clearly defined from the 

 upperparts, which are of a much darker olive- colour ; 

 the breast, belly, and rest of the underparts paler yellow. 

 Iris and bill black. Culmen 10 mm.; wing 53; tail 39; 

 tarsus 15. 



Hab. S.W. Abyssinia. 



The type is in the British Museum : $ . Omo Kiver, Kullo, 

 2000 ft., 24. vi. 05 ; ? . H umbo, Ulamo, 6000 ft., 13. ix. 05 

 {P. Zaphiro). Presented by W. N. McMillan, Esq. 



OllTYGOPS MACMILLANI, Sp. U. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to 0. ayresi (Gurney), 

 and resembles that species in having the six innermost 

 secondary quills white and the seventh partially so. The 

 crown of the head and occiput black, each feather being 

 dark chestnut towards the base; lores and cheeks similar, 

 but paler and more rufous ; a blackish spot at the gape ; 

 xicck, upper part of the mantle, and sides of the chest deep 

 chestnut, the feathers on the back of the neck being fringed 

 with blackish ; back, wing-coverts, and scapulars black, each 

 feather with a submarginal white band fringed with olive- 

 brown; several of the greater wing-coverts and scapulars 

 liave a sratill white spot on the inner web ; upper tail- 

 coverts and tail dark chestnut barred with black ; chiu and 



