146 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 
Anthoscopus musculus, Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 68 [Somali¬ 
land] . 
a. Ad. Hawasb, Abyssinia, 16 January, 1899. (No. 210.) 
Iris light brown ; bill and legs black. 
This is another instance of a species of Equatorial Africa 
which extends its range into Abyssinia and Somaliland, 
where it had been previously met with by Mr. Hawker. 
87. Telophonus blanpordi (Sharpe); Gadow, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. viii. p. 127 (1883); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 479. 
a, b. S ad. Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. 
(Nos. 180, 187.) 
c. ? . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 15 January, 1899. 
(No. 196.) 
d. Philwaha, Abyssinia, 16 February, 1899. (No. 316.) 
e. S . Gelongol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. (No. 418.) 
a , c. Iris brown, with 5 white spots round pupil; bill 
black ; legs light slate-colour. 
b, d. Iris brown, with 7 white spots round pupil; bill 
black ; legs light slate-colour. 
e. Iris brown, with 3 white spots round pupil; bill black ; 
legs slate-colour. 
[The number of spots round the pupil varies from 3 to 7 
in different individuals.—L.] 
88. Telophonus minutus. 
Telophonus minutus Hartl.; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
viii. p. 128 (1883). 
a . $ . Gelongol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. (No. 407.) 
b. S- Mendi, Abyssinia, 6 April, 1899. (No. 477.) 
c. $ imm. Mendi, Abyssinia, 19 April, 1899. (No. 485.) 
a. Iris brickdust-red ; bill dark ; legs slate-colour. 
b. Iris pale brickdust-red; bill black; legs dark. 
c. Iris light brickdust-red; bill dark; legs light slate- 
colour. 
The occurrence of this species in South-western Abyssinia 
extends the known range about 700 miles in a north-easterly 
direction. 
[This bird was most common in the high grass and bamboo 
of the Dabous valley.—L.] 
