151 
from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
Bradyornis chocolatina (Rupp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
iii. p. 311 (1877) ; Hartert, Kat. Mus. Senck. p. 97 (1891). 
Lioptilus chocolatinus Salvacl. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. 
p. 127 (1884), & xxvi. p. 237 (1888). 
a. d • Jumjum, Abyssinia, 4 March, 1899. (No. 378.) 
Iris brown ; bill slate-colour ; legs black. 
101. Mel^nornis schistacea. 
Melcenornis schistacea Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 481. 
a. $ . Harrar, Abyssinia, 27 December, 1898. (No, 42.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 
This species was first obtained by Dr. Donaldson Smith 
in the Darro Mountains, near the Shebeli river. The Harrar 
bird extends the known range of this species more than 300 
miles further north. 
102. Prionops poliocephalus. 
Prionops poliocephalus (Stanley); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. iii. p. 321 (1877) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. 
p. 136 (1884). 
a. d • Beni Schongul, Abyssinia, 3 May, 1899. 
(No. 493.) 
Iris yellow; bill black; legs yellow. 
[Seen in small flocks in the valley of the Blue Nile.—L.] 
103. Sylvia atricapilla. 
Sylvia atricapilla (Linn.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 
p. 23 (1881). 
a. d- Hirna, Abyssinia, 8 January, 1899. (No. 139.) 
Iris brown; bill black ; legs dusky. 
Evidently a winter visitor, but its occurrence so far south 
is worthy of note. 
[Inhabits dense bush, where it is difficult to approach and 
rarely seen or heard.—L.] 
104. Acrocephalus phragmitis. 
Acrocephalus phragmitis (Bechst.); Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. v. p. 91 (1881). 
a. ? . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 
(No. 72.) 
Iris brown ; bill dark; legs sage-green. 
