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128. Ruticilla phcenicura. 
Ruticilla phcenicura (Linn.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
v. p. 336 (1881). 
a. $ . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 15 January, 1899. 
(No. 199.) 
b. $ . Ganti, Abyssinia, 28 March, 1899. (No. 460.) 
a . Iris, bill, and legs dark brown. 
b. Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 
[Widely distributed.—L.] 
129. Myrmecocichla dubia. 
Myrmecocichla dubia Weld-Blundell & Lovat, Bull. B.O. 
C.vol. x. p. xxii (1899). 
a. Fontaly, Abyssinia, 17 January, 1899. (No. 213.) 
[ Type of the species. ] 
This Mountain-Chat, which at first sight closely resembles 
M. melanura (Temm.), proves to be really a very distinct 
form, the colour of the under tail-coverts, which are brownish 
black, edged with sandy buff, being unlike that of any other 
member of the genus. Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
Total length about 6*5 inches, culmen (imperfect) about 0’7, 
■wing 3T5, tail 2 # 5, tarsus 0*9. 
[This bird was only once seen at nightfall at Fontaly, some 
ten miles from water. In a flock of perhaps from 12 
to 15 individuals, it was making its way parallel to our 
line of march, perching, after short flights, alternately on 
rocks and bushes. The behaviour of the small flock was so 
curious, their progress so slow, and their line of march so 
apparently decided, that I felt convinced at the time the birds 
w ere migrating.—L.] 
130. Saxicola lugubris. 
Saxicola lugubris Rupp.; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 
p. 365 (1881) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 161 
(1884), & xxvi. p. 261 (1888). 
a. S • Gerru, Abyssinia, 6 February, 1899. (No. 292.) 
b. $ . Kuntaba, Abyssinia, 7 February, 1899. (No. 299.) 
c. Damai Damash, Abyssinia, 23 February, 1899. 
(No. 368.) 
