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from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
108. Parisoma galinieri. 
Parisoma galinieri Guer. Rev. Zoo!. 1813, p. 162 [Abys¬ 
sinia] . 
Parisoma frontale Rupp. Syst. Uebers. p. 43, pi. xxii. 
(1845) [Shoa]. 
Lioptilus galinieri (Guer.); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 
xxi. p. 126 (1884), & xxvi. p. 236 (1888). 
a. S'. Chelunco, Abyssinia,4 January, 1899. (No. 107.) 
b. ? . Baroma, Abyssinia, 10 January, 1899. (No. 146.) 
a. Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 
b. Iris reddish brown ; bill black ; legs dark brown. 
There is apparently no reason for placing this species in 
the genus Lioptilus. In structure it agrees well with P. sub- 
caruleum , the type ot the genus Parisoma; it also resembles 
that species in its style of plumage and coloration. 
109. Parisoma lugens. 
Sylvia ( Curruca ) lugens Rupp. Neue Wirbeltli., Yog. p. 113, 
pi. 44. fig. 2 (1835); Hartert, Kat. Mus. Senckenb. p. 14 
(1891) [nee Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 444, footnote, & 1892> 
p. 302]. 
a. S- Gitemma, Abyssinia, 14 March, 1899. [No. 425.] 
b. S- Lekamte, Abyssinia, 16 March, 1899. [No. 430.] 
Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
Now that we have the opportunity of examining authentic 
examples of this rare Warbler, hitherto known only from 
RiippelFs type in the Frankfort Museum, it is evident that 
the birds collected by Mr. F. J. Jackson in British East 
Africa belong to a distinct specie?. 
Since Dr. Sharpe identified the skin of a single male 
from Mount Elgon with Sylvia lugens Rupp., Mr. Jackson 
has sent home a number of additional examples of both 
sexes. A comparison of the series now available shows that 
the Elgon and Nandi birds differ constantly from typical 
examples of Parisoma lugens , the top of the head being 
brown and uniform in colour with the back, whereas in the 
latter species the crown is deep brownish black, shading 
gradually into brown on the upper parts. 
