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be put down first to the similarity of the various forms, 
secondly to the dearth of cartridges, and thirdly to the 
collector being an amateur. I am quite convinced there are 
many new species of these little Warblers still to be got in 
Abyssinia, and that a large and carefully collected series of 
these birds will yield most interesting results.—L.] 
121. ClSTTCOLA SUBRUFICAPILLA. 
Cisticola subruficapilla (Smith); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
vii. p. 283 (1883). 
a. $ . Tra, Abyssinia, 7 January, 1899. (No. 131.) 
b. $. Bilo, Abyssinia, 10 March, 1899. (No. 391.) 
a. ? . Wing 2*1 inches. 
b. g . Wing 2*15 inches. 
Iris light hazel; bill dark ; legs light, 
[Very common and widely distributed.—I*.] 
122. Geocichla simensis. 
Geocichla simensis (Rupp.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
v. p. 183 (1881) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 484 
a. <£. Warabili, Abyssinia, 3 January, 1899. (No. 99.) 
b. . Hipna, Abyssinia, 9 January, 1899. (No. 140.) 
c. Gedda, Abyssinia, 1 February, 1899. (No. 284.) 
a. Iris brown ; upper mandible dark, lower mandible 
yellow; legs light. 
b. Iris brown ; bill dark; legs dark. 
c. Iris brown; bill dark; legs dusky. 
[This Thrush is very common on the open plains of the 
high plateaux. It is also to be found in the valleys, where 
it perches in the morning on the high trees, but it is no great 
songster.—L.] 
123. Turdus abyssinicus. 
Turdus abyssinicus , Gmel.; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
v. p. 228 (1881); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 485. 
a. (?. Derru, Abyssinia, 5 January, 1899. (No. 116.) 
Iris brown; eyelids orange; bill orange; legs deep 
yellow. 
[Universally distributed.—L.] 
