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38. Granatina ianthinogastra. 
Granatina ianthinogaster (Reichen.) ; Sharpe. Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xiii. p. 404 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 467; Hawker, 
Ibis, 1899, p. 62. 
a, b. $ $ . Hargeisa, Somaliland, 14 December, 1898. 
(Nos. 11, 12.) 
c. ? . Near Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 15 January, 1899. 
(No. 195.) 
d. $ . Hawasb, Abyssinia, 16 January, 1899. (No. 207.) 
Iris light liazel; bill red; legs black. 
[Very widely distributed, but seldom seen in such large 
flocks as most of the other small Finches.—L.] 
39. Anaplectes blundelli, sp. n. 
Adult male . Most nearly allied to A. melanotis (Lafr.), but 
to be distinguished from that species by having the back 
black instead of brown, a few feathers on the interscapular 
region being tipped with pale red, and the cheeks and ear- 
coverts deep black, this colour uot extending to an imaginary 
line drawn down the side of the throat from the base of the 
mandible. In A. melanotis the black extends over the sides 
of the throat, considerably beyond this line. Total length 
about 5*7 inches, culmen 08, wing 3*4, tail 2*2, tarsus 
08. 
a. S • Beni Schongul, Abyssinia, 3 May, 1899. (No. 494.) 
[Type of the species .] 
40. Heterhyphantes baglafecht. 
Heterhyphantes baglafecht (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xiii. p. 419 (1890). 
a. ? . Derru, Abyssinia, 5 January, 1899. (No. 115.) 
b. S • Baroma, ,, 11 January, 1899. (No. 156.) 
c. S- Jumjum, „ 4 March, 1899. (No. 377.) 
d. S • Lekamte „ 16 March, 1899. (No. 432.) 
Iris pale yellow; bill black ; legs in a and b brown, in 
c and d light. 
[This Weaver is one of the most widely distributed birds of 
Shoan Abyssinia.—L.] 
