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more greyish on the mantle, less rnfescent on the head, and 
with darker, more brownish under wing-coverts and edging to 
the under surface of the inner webs of the quills. Granatina 
ianthinogastra Hawheri, the only previously described form of 
Granatina ianthinogastra 
ianthinogastra 
Granatina ianthinogastra 
Hawkeri 
Granatina ianthinogastra 
Boosevelti 
Adult Male 
Adult Male 
Adult Male 
Mantle snuff brown 
Mantle drab 
Mantle cinnamon drab 
Head orange cinnamon 
Head cinnamon 
Head sayal brown 
Middle rectrices black 
Middle rectrices sepia 
Middle rectrices black 
Wing Tail Culmen 
Wing Tail Culmen 
Wing Tail Culmen 
52-4 62 10-9 
55 62 10-7 
60-8 68*5 11 '5 
Tarsus 
Tarsus 
Tarsus 
15.9 
16 
18 
Adult Female 
Adult Female 
Adult Female 
Pale feathers around 
Pale feathers around eye 
Pale feathers around eye 
eye pallid soft blue- 
violet 
pallid soft blue-violet 
wistaria blue 
Lower abdomen whitish 
Lower abdomen buffy 
Lower abdomen tawny - 
buff 
white 
olive 
Under tail-coverts pale 
Under tail-coverts dirty 
Under tail-coverts black- 
pinkish buff 
white 
ish brown, with paler 
edges to the feathers 
Wing Tail Culmen 
Wing Tail Culmen 
Wing Tail Culmen 
51 57 10*9 
51 54 10-3 
60-5 63 11-2 
Tarsus 
Tarsus 
Tarsus 
15-4 
15-5 
18 
Young in First Plumage 
Young in First Plumage 
Young in First Plumage 
Unspotted below 
Bill blackish, horn 
colour on base of 
mandible 
Under parts clay 
colour, paler on 
throat, whitish on 
lower abdomen and 
crissum 
Not seen 
Unspotted below 
Bill blackish, horn 
colour on base of 
mandible 
Under parts nearly uni- 
form snuff brown 
this species, inhabits the desert regions of Somaliland, and is 
slightly distinguished from typical ianthinogastra by its paler 
colouration, adult males having the mantle and wings paler 
greyish brown, and the head paler and more ochraceous than 
in the other forms. Females of Boosevelti show differences, 
similar to those mentioned above, in the colouration of the 
upper parts ; the feathers surrounding the eye are bluish 
instead of pale lilac ; and the lower abdomen and crissum are 
