8 Hon. N. C. Rotliscliild and Mr. A. F. R. Wollaston 
12. Pyrrhulauda melanocephala Liclit- 
Fyrrhulauda melanocephala LicLt. Verz. Doubl. p. 25 
(1823). 
405 S, 167 S, ^, 93 S, 220 c? , 181 ? , 6 $ , 49 ?, 
162 ? , 406 ? , 7 ? juv., 169 ? juv., 233 (?) juv. 
Pyrrhulauda melanocephala is the representative of the 
true P. leucoiis (Stanley, in Salt's Yoy. Abyssinia_, p. Ix, 
1814)^ an Abyssinian bird, of wliich we have recently 
examined a specimen obtained by Mr. A, L. Butler at 
Gedaref in May 1901. It is, moreover, synonymous 
with P. otoleuca (Temm.), 1824. [Cf. Hartert, Nov. 
Zool. vol. viii. p. 340, 1901 ; and Grant, Bull. B. O. C. 
xii. p. 15, 1901.) 
This species is fairly common, frequenting the more open 
patches of the scrub near the river-bank ; we never found 
it very far from the water. It was noticeable how often the 
birds went about in parties of three, nearly" always consisting 
of two males and one female. They are very Lark- like in 
their habits, closely resembling, in note and flight, the Short- 
toed Lark. 
On March 19th we found a nest of this species, con- 
taining one Q^g; it was a very shallow depression in the 
open sandy ground, about the size and depth of a watch- 
glass, lined with a few pieces of dry grass. Visiting the 
nest three days later, we expected to find in it three or 
perhaps four eggs, but found instead that the single q^^ had 
been hatched. Mr. H. F. Witherby mentions (Ibis, 1901, 
p. 245) finding a nest of P. leucotis {melanocephala) con- 
taining a single egg, so it may be presumed that one is the 
full complement of eggs laid by this species. 
13. Pyrrhulauda frontalis Bp. 
Pyrrhulauda frontalis Bp. C^onsp. Av. i. p. 512. 
136 ^, 140 S, 145 S, 175 S, 320 S, 135 ? , 168 ? , 
318 ? . 
This is the Sudanese representative of P. melanauchen 
(Cabanis), a bird which appears to be confined to the 
Abyssinian coast of the lied Sea. In the ^Catalogue of 
Birds,' P. melanauchen and P. frontalis are treated as being 
synonymous ; but von Heuglin (Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 671) 
