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from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
throat, breast, and sides somewhat paler and tinged with 
grey, the two latter being faintly barred with dusky; the 
middle of the lower breast and belly whitish; the under 
tail-coverts whitish, with dusky cross-bars; the quills and 
outer tail-feathers dark brown, margined on the outer web 
with dull red; and the upper tail-eoverts and middle pair of 
tail-feathers dull red. 
This species is new to the British Museum Collection. 
[This bird was killed along with a specimen of Pytelia afra 
(No. 168). 
It is not common, and where found is in small flocks.—L.] 
29. Pytelia afra. 
Pytelia afra (Gm.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 302 
(1890). 
a. Juv. Feyambiro, Abyssinia, 26 December, 1898. 
(No. 34.) 
b, c. £ ? . Lake Chercher, Abyssinia, 12 January, 1899. 
(Nos. 168, 169.) 
a. Iris brown; bill and legs dusky: bill with two small 
white knobs at each corner of the mouth. 
b , c. Iris light brown ; bill and legs dusky. 
30. CoCCOPYGIA QUARTINIA. 
Coccopygia quartinia (Bp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 
p. 307 (1890). 
a. d • Chelunco, Abyssinia, 4 January, 1899. (No. 108.) 
Iris brown ; upper mandible black, lower red ; legs black. 
[This bird was seen only at Chelunco, but was very 
common in that district.—L.] 
31. Hypochera ultramarina. 
Hypo cheer a ultramarina (Gm.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xiii. p. 309 (1899). 
a. S' a d. Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. 
(No. 224.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs pale coral, 
This specimen is in the purple-black plumage of the fully 
adult male. 
[Quite black examples of this bird were rare, only one or 
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