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77. ZOSTEROPS ABYSSINICA, Guér. 
Zosterops abyssinica, Guér. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 162; id. in Ferret et Galinier, Voy. en Abyss. t. 9. f. 3. 
madagascariensis, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 57. no. 150; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 199. 
a. 9%. Rairo. August 13 (no. 87). 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
yyy yg 3! 7". |. Abyssinia. 
2 2 1 83 33 74... South Africa. (Z. sundevallii.) 
The southern representative is Z. sundevallii, Hartl. (Z. lateralis, Sund. nec Lath.), 
distinguished by larger size, the uniform dirty greyish white under surface, without 
having the sides washed with fulvous, and wanting the yellow superciliary stripe. 
—0. F. 
[Iris pale burnt-sienna. 
I unfortunately only procured this one specimen, having confounded it with Cama- 
roptera brevicaudata. I did not shoot any others.—VW. J. | 
78. Moracinia FLAVA, L. 
Var. melanocephala, Licht. 
Motacilla flava, Riipp. Atlas, t. 835; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 59. no. 178; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 260. 
Budytes melanocephala, atricapilla, cinereocapilla, campestris, et flava, Brehm, Habesch, pp. 214, 
215, nos. 59-63. 
Motacilla flava, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 268. no. 123. 
a. 6. Senafé. April 24 (no. 491). 
6. 3. Senafé. April 24 (no. 136). 
c. 9. Senafé. April 24 (no. 181). 
d. 9. Senafé. April 25 (no. 499). 
e. g. Amba. August 25. 
The old males, with the black cap, without a light supercilium, agree with the figure 
given by Riippell, which, however, is incorrect in representing the four outer tail- 
feathers on each side white. 
This variety occurs also in Scandinavia, India, and South Europe. ‘The females are 
not distinguishable from our common ones. The specimen (e) from Amba in the Bogos 
has been apparently bred in that country, being in first plumage.—0O. F. 
[Iris brown; beak horn-colour; legs and feet horn-colonr. 
I observed this species very common about Zoulla and Koomaylee in March occupied 
in catching flies about the dead carcasses; at Amba, on the 25th of August, I procured 
a specimen (a young male) minus any yellow.—W. J.] 
79. ANTHUS PRATENSIS (L.). 
Anthus cecilii, Savign., Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 59. no. 181. 
cervinus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 263; id. Fauna d. Roth. Meer. no. 99. 
a. 3. Senafé. April 25 (no. 159). 
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