from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
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124. Turdus pelios. 
Tardus pelios Bp.; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. v. p. 230 
(1881). 
a. ? . Beni Schongul, Abyssinia, 2 May, 1899. (No. 489.) 
Iris light brown; bill yellow; legs light. 
[Met with only in the valley of the Blue Nile.—L.] 
125. Monticola saxatilis. 
Monticola saxatilis (Linn.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
v. p. 314 (1881); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 485 ; Lort 
Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 410 [N. Somaliland] ; Hawker, Ibis, 
1899, p. 72. 
a. ? imm, Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No.265.) 
b. $ . Damai Hamash, Abyssinia, 23 February, 1899. 
(No. 367.) 
c. $ ad. Mendi, Abyssinia, 3 April, 1899. (No. 472.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
[Common on the rocky slopes above 7000 feet.—-L.] 
126. Monticola rufocinereus. 
Monticola rufocinereus (Rupp.); Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. v. p. 327 (1881) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxL 
p. 160 (1884), & xxvi. p. 260 (1888) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 
1898, p. 411 [N. Somaliland]. 
a . $. Philwaha, Abyssinia, 16 February, 1899. 
(No. 318.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
[A very common bird in the Didesa valley, but of shy 
habits.—L.] 
127. Cyanecula suecica (Linn.). 
Erithacus cyaneculus (Wolf); Seebohrp, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
v. p. 311 (1881). 
a. $ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 2 January, 1899. 
(No. 95.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
[This bird was occasionally met with in the valleys, and 
apparently preferred the vicinity of reeds and marshy 
ground.—L] 
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