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It is very difficult, if not impossible, to draw a line 

 here. The t3rpe specimens of L. cyaniventris} Blyth, in 

 the Indian Museum at Calcutta, which I have examined, 

 belong to the larger race, to which indeed all, or almost all, 

 of the numerous specimens obtained on the table-land 

 may be referred, the skin from Lake Ashangi (No. 4 of 

 the above table) being the smallest preserved; whilst the 

 few specimens from the low country are much smaller. 

 Both varieties were found on the Anseba. The iris in 

 the large variety appeared to be more orange, but this is 

 very possibly a difference depending upon age. 



I^mryproGolius chalyhcBus was not seen in the passes or 

 at Senaf^ in January, February, or March. It was occa- 

 sionally met with, g.s at Fokada, Pongolo, and Lake 

 Ashangi, on the march to Magdala, but usually at this 

 season appeared confined to lower levels, In May, how- 

 ever, it was abundant about Senaf^ and throughout the 

 upper part of the passes, and it was also met with 

 commonly in July in the Anseba vaUey, and even at the 

 base of the hills near Ailat, but it was ijot observed in the 



' This name is prior by four years to that of L- ahyssinicus ; and if the 

 two races be kept distinct, as is done by Von Heuglin, must be adopted 

 for the larger one. 



