366 ZOOLOGY. 



nigris. Long, alee 2-65, caudce 1'95, tarsi 0-85, rostr. a 

 fr. 0'4, tola circa 5 poll. AngL et dec. 



Fcemina, supra hrunnea, plumis rufo-marginatis ; 

 superciliis, mento, gula superiori abdomeneque isahellinis, 

 hoc pallidiori, fascia alari longitudinali et uropygio 

 alhis, pectore ferrugineo,- remigihus cum tectricibus 

 alarum ftisco-brunneis, vix pallide marginatis, rectri- 

 cibus nigricantihus ; a mari dimensionibus non discrepat. 



This bird is very near the Indian F caprata, L. The 

 male is at once distinguished by the white mark at the 

 side of the neck, the female by being much more rufous 

 on the under-parts. It is not a rare bird in Abyssinia, 

 and it is surprising that it has remained so long unde- 

 scribed. I collected three pairs. I first met with it near 

 Adigrat, where it was far from scarce, and I again met with 

 it on some of the passes south of Antalo, a,nd at Lake 

 Ashangi. It was never noticed below about 8,000 feet 

 of elevation, but at the same time I did not observe it in 

 the higher plateaux, so that it appears to belong to the 

 temperate rather than to the subalpine fauna. 



141. P. sordida (Eiipp.). 



Saxicola sordida, Rupp. Neu. Wirb. p. 75, t. xxvi. f. 2. et Syst. 

 Uebers. No. 176.— Heugl. Journ. f. Om. 1869, p. 164; et 

 Om. N. 0. Afr. p. 342. 



This Bush Chat belongs to the subalpine fauna, and was 

 never seen below 9,000 feet. Above that height it was 

 common. It kept much to rocky parts of the hiUs. It 

 is by no means a typical ProMticola, the bill being rather 

 larger and the tarsi much longer, bujfc it is much nearer 



