AVES. 409 



Anseba. The dimensions of my specimens slightly ex- 

 ceed those given by Von Heuglin : — 



Female 



208. E. minima, Vieill. 



Vieillot, Ois. Chant, t. x. — Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 276. — HeugL 

 Joum. f Om. 1868, p. 14. 



Iris brown, orbit yellow ; biU crimson, except a dusky 

 line along the commissure, pink near the base ; legs 

 brown. 



Not unfrequently met with on the highlands, and 

 also in the Anseba valley. 



209. E. quartinia, Bp. 



Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 461. 



E. Emesti II. HeugL Joum. f. Om. 1862, p. 29, et 1868, p. 10. 



Iris crimson ; legs dusky ; upper mandible black, lower 

 crimson. 



Two specimens, both females, were obtained at Senafe. 

 One of them measures: wing 1"8 iu., tail 1'6, tarsus 

 0"6, bill from forehead 0'3 in. 



210. E. phoenicotis. Swains. 



Swainson, Birds of W. Afr. p. 192, pi. xiv. — Heugl. Joum. f. Om. 



1868, p. 18. 

 E. bengalus, Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 275. 



Common on the highlands, less so at a lower elevation, 

 but seen not infrequently ia the Anseba vaUey, and even 

 as low as Ailat (1,200 feet above the sea) in Samhar. 



