(ill) DJt. H. BOWDLER 8HABFE ON BIKD8 [Dec. 3 



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 in the 

 Museum from the AVhite Nile, Lado, and the Zeraf River (Capt. 

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

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

 Been 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- 

 rondensi* do not seem to me to be very forcible ones. 



MUSCICAPA G1USOLA. 



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

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

 iii. p. 211 (1901). 



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

 Batib obxehtalis. 



Pachyprora orientalu (HeugL); Lort Phillips, Ibis, 189(>, p. 70, 

 1898, p. 444; Hawker, Ibis, L899, p. 74; Peel, Somali-land, 

 p. 317. 



BatisorietUalis(Jleug\.); Oust. Bibl. Haut. -Etudes, xxxi. Art. 10. 

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



1900, p. 172: id. & Reid, Ibis, 1901, p. 662. 



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



b. 6 ad. Lumin, Feb. 24, 1900. 



PlATYSTIEA ALBIi 1!« )N>. 



Flatygtira albifrom Sharpe; id. Hand-1. B. iii. p. 240 (1901 i 



Jackson, Ibis, 1901, p. 90. 



a, b. J 2 ad. ; e. $ imm. Loker, March 12, 1900. 

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



Terpsipiione CEISTATA. 



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

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

 p. 48 ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 414 ; Peel, Somali-land, p. 818 ; 

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



1901 , p. 288 ; id. & Reid, t. c. p. 603. 



a. J ad. ; h. <J imm. Omo River, Dec. 23, 1899. 

 Phyllosthophus strepixans. 



Phyllogtrophut Crepitans Reichenow ; Sharpe, Hand-1 B iii 

 p. 327 (19<H). 



n. J ad. Omo River, Dec. 23, 1899. 



b. 2 ad. Omo River, 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. $harpei from Dar-es-Salaam. This species he 



