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bling Sessomia semirufa, Riipp., but stouter and differently-coloured above. 
J. V. Barboza du Bocage, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 436. 
Sylviid^e. 
Bessornis intermedia is described and figured as a new species from East 
Africa, smaller, and beneath darker, than B. heuglini, Hartl. (the head of 
which is also figured), and the white superciliary streak narrower and longer. 
J. Cabanis, J. f 0. 1868 [published in 1869], p. 412 j Id. Von der Decken’s 
Reisen, iii. 1, p. 22, pi. xii. 
Bessornis heuglini is figured. M. T. v. Ileuglin, Orn. Nordost-Afr. t. xiii. 
Bessornis gutturalis (Zool. Rec. iv. p. 102), notes on. T. Kriiper, J. f. O. 
1869, pp. 42-45. 
Myrmecocichla formicivora, its habits described. G. E. Bulger, P. Z. S. 
1869, pp. 637, 638. 
Saxicola ferruginea, Heugl. (Sitzungsb. k. Ak. Wissensch. Wien, 1856, 
p. 278 [descr. nuU.J), is now described as S.frenata, It is S. isahellina jun., 
Riipp. M. T. V. Heuglin, J. f. 0. 1869, pp. 168, 169 j Orn. Nordost-Afr. 
pp. 346, 346. 
Saxicola heuglini, Einsch & Hartl.,” is an undescribed species from Abys- 
sinia, resembling S. frenata, but much smaller and more dusky. It is S. 
intermedia, Heugl. (Sitzungsb. k. Ak. Wissensch. Wien, 1856, p. 278) {deso\ 
null,). Id. tomm. citt. p. 169 & pp. 346, 347. 
Saxicola Jinschi is a now species from Siberia, resembling S. leucomelmia, 
but smaller, and having the middle of the back white. Id. Urn. Nordost-Afr. 
p. 360. 
Saxicola sgmitica, Heugl. (Sitzungsb. k. Ak. Wissensch. Wien, 1856, 
p. 278), is described as resembling S. leucocephala, but smaller. It is perhaps 
identicd with S. leucuroides, Gu6r.* Id. J. f. 0. 1869, p. 155 j Orn. Nord- 
ost-Afr. i. pp. 368, 369. 
Saxicola modesta and S. scotocerca are also described as two new species 
from North-east Africa. The first is not described comparatively ; and the 
second is admittedly identical with Buticilla (?) fuscicaiidata, Blanford (Ann. 
& Mag. N. II. 4th ser. iv. p. 329, 1 Nov. 1869), a name which has priority 
of publication. Id. tom. cit. pp. 362, 363. 
Saxicola saltatrix, notes on. T. Kriiper, J. f. O. 1869, pp. 35, 36. W. E. 
Brooks, Ibis, 1869, pp. 234, 235. 
Saxicola leucura and S. leucuroides, notes on. Id. loc. cit. 
Saxicola amotti, S. atmorii, and S. modesta are described as new species 
from South Africa. The first, which is figured, is entirely black, except the 
forehead, a few feathers on the crown, the superciliary streak, and the 
scapulars ” (?), all these parts being, according to the description (but not the 
plate), white. The second is the representative of S. liiguhris, Riipp., but is 
much larger, and has a narrow white instead of a broad chestnut rump, and 
a narrower black bar at the tip of the tail. The third, it is suggested, may be 
identical with Erithaciis schlegeli, Wahlberg (K. Sv. Vet.-Ak. Forhandl. 
1855, p. 213), a supposition since verified (Ibis, 1870, p. 173). H. B. Tris- 
tram, tom. cit. pp. 204-207, pi. vi. 
Saxicola {Pratincola) semitorquata is described as a new species from 
Abyssinia resembling S. alhofasciata, Riipp. It is Bratincola mdanoleuca, 
* But the author also quotes for it ?>8. leucuroides, Jerd. (nec Giidr.)” ! 
