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Total length ca. 6*0 inches, wing 3-05-3-15, tail 2'l-2-2, 

 tarsus l'O. 



The types were collected on the Zomba plains, and speci- 

 mens had been procured at Lake Shirwa and on the lower 

 slopes of the Milanji Range up to an elevation of about 

 3000 feet by Mr. A. Whyte, and were presented to the 

 British Museum by Sir Harry Johnston. 



Mr. Grant also described two new birds from Abyssinia : — 



MlRAFRA DEGENI, n. Sp. 



Mirafra fischeri, Salvad. (nee Reichenow), Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Genov. xxvi. p. 267 (1888) [Shoa] ; Grant, Ibis, 1901, 

 p. 628 [Kora, S. Abyssinia]. 



Adult male in summer plumage. Differs from M. fischeri 

 in being somewhat larger and in having most of the feathers 

 of the interscapular region black, with rufous-brown margins; 

 the inner secondaries similarly coloured, and the feathers of 

 the chest and sides of the breast brick-red, fringed with pale 

 buff. Iris chocolate-brown ; bill grey ; feet light brown. 

 Total length ca. 6 - inches, wing 3 -3-3-4, tail 2*35, tarsus 

 1-05. 



In M . fischeri the feathers of the interscapular region are 

 mostly reddish brown, with irregular confluent transverse 

 black markings down the middle, the inner secondaries are 

 mostly reddish brown with a black and pale buff marginal 

 band, and the chest-feathers are cinnamon-buff. 



The types were collected at Hiressa, 8000 feet, between 

 Adis Ababa and Lake Tsana, on the 20th June, by Mr. E. 

 Degen. 



A male collected by Mr. A. E. Pease at Kora, S. Abyssinia, 

 10th February, and at first identified as M. fischeri, belongs 

 to this species and may be described as follow : — 



Adult male in winter plumage. Resembles the above in 

 having the feathers of the interscapular region black, but 

 the edgings of the feathers of the upper-parts and wings are 

 whitish, while the chest and under-parts are coloured as in 

 M. fischeri. 



