AVES. 361 



higlilauds, and was common in the pass wherever water 

 was to be found, as in the Sooroo defile. It feeds on 

 insects : on one occasion I found ants in the stomach. 

 Measurements : — 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



iu. in. in. 



Male 4-65 3-65 1-2 



Female 4-4 3-5 1-1 



129. Thamnobia meleena (Eiipp.). 



Saxicola melcena, Riipp. Neu. Wirb. p, 77, t. 21, f. 2 ; Syst. Uebers. 



No. 154.— Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1869, p. 153. 

 Penthokea melcena, Heugl. Orn. N. 0. Afr. p. 364. 



Pretty common on the highlands, keeping much to 

 rocky places amongst bushes. It has much the habits 

 of the Indian Thctmnobice, and jerks its tail like them. 

 In the stomach I found only insects, jDrincipaUy small 

 ColeojJtera. 



130. Saxicola oenanthe, L. 



Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 161.— HeugL Journ. f. Orn. 1869, p. 158 ; 

 et Orn. N. 0. Afr. p. 347. 



Only seen about Senafe and Adigrat on the highlands 

 in March. It was not noticed earlier, and appeared to 

 be migrating northwards. 



131. S. isabellina, Eiipp. 



Eiipp. Atlas, p. 52, t. 34, f. 2 ; Syst. Uebers. No. 159.— Heugl. 

 Journ. f. Orn. 1869, p. 157 ; et Orn. N. O. Afr. p. 344. 



Equally common on the highlands and in the plains 

 on the coast until the middle of March. All other 

 species appeared restricted to one region or the other. 



There appears to have been much confusion about this 



