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from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia . 
b. Iris hazel; culmen dark; mandible whitish; legs light 
horn-colour. Wing 4*3 inches, tail 3*4. 
The measurements of these birds are somewhat larger than 
those given by Reichenow in his original description. 
[Very common in the Hawash plain. This Lark is very 
shy and can be approached only when perching in the early 
morning. During the day it soars occasionally to a height 
of ten feet or so from the ground, where it hovers for two or 
three minutes at a time. On one occasion, in company with 
some Abyssinians, I surrounded a bird thus hovering over 
perfectly bare ground, but though we kept our eyes on the 
ground we failed either to discover the Lark, when settled, 
or to get it to rise again.—L.] 
64. Pyrrhulauda leucotis. 
Pyrrhulauda leucotis (Stanl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xiii. p. 657 (1890). 
a. <$ . Kassirn river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. 
(No. 219.) 
Iris brown ; hill and legs bluish white. 
65. Motacilla alba. 
Motacillaalba Linn.; Sharpe,Cat. Brit.Mus.x. 464(1885) ; 
Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 66. 
a . $ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 
(No. 70.) 
b. $ . Kassirn river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. 
(No. 229.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 
[This Wagtail takes the place of M. vidua on all the rivers 
not in the Nile basin (Hawash, Kassirn river, Gibbeh, and 
Turgu).—L.] 
66. Motacilla vidua. 
Motacilla vidua Sundev.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 
p. 488 (1885) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 473. 
a. $ . Didesa river, Abyssinia, 21 March, 1899. 
(No. 437.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 
[This Wagtail was found only on the Blue Nile and its 
tributaries, the Didesa and Dabous rivers.—L.] 
