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from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
fourth, and fifth tail-feathers extend over both webs and are 
of a deep black. 
Iris brown; bill biack; legs slate. 
Total length 10 0 inches, culrnen IT, wing 56, tail 4*0, 
tarsus O'95. 
[This Oriole is a native of the thickets south of the 
Hawash Valley. It is locally plentiful, and is always met 
with singly or in pairs feeding on a forest-tree with yellow 
leaves (name unknown), and, notwithstanding its bright 
colour, is difficult to see. The note is a melodious whistle, 
something like that of Graucalus puruSj and the answer is a 
harsh double note.—L.] 
11. Vidua principalis. 
Vidua principalis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 
p. 203 (1890); id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 463. 
a. A . Gerru, Abyssinia, 6 February, 1899. (No. 295.) 
Iris brown; bill red ; legs dark. 
12. Linura pischeri. 
Linura fisclieri Beichen.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 
p. 210 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 463; Hawker, Ibis, 
1899, p. 61. 
a. A • Hargeisa, Somaliland, 13 December, 1898. (No. 6.) 
Iris brown ; bill red ; legs horn. 
13. Steganura paradisea. 
Steganura paradisea (Linn.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xiii. p. 211 (1890; ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p.464; Hawker, Ibis, 
1899, p. 61. 
a. $ • Hargeisa, Somaliland, 13 December, 1898. (No. 7.) 
Iris dark hazel; bill and legs black. 
14. Penthetria laticauda. 
Penthetria laticauda (Licht.)j Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xiii. p. 218 (1890). 
a. Chelunco, Abyssinia, 4 January, 1899. (No. 111.) 
b. , Baroma, Abyssinia, 10 January, 1899. (No. 147.) 
c. Jawaha, Abyssinia, 21 February, 1899. (No. 35L) 
a . Iris dark brown ; bill dark horn ; legs dark horn. 
