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from Somaliland and Son them Abyssinia. 
Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 
[This Chat was met with only in the earlier part of our 
journey, in the rocky gorges of the high plateau. In the 
valley of the Didesa it was seen down to a level of 3000 
feet.—L.] 
131. Saxicola leucomela. 
Saxicola leucomela (Pall.) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 
xxi. p. 162 (1884), & xxvi. p. 261 (1888). 
Saxicola morio Hempr. & Ehr.; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. v. p. 373 (1881) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 413 
[N. Somaliland] ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 72. 
a. A • Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 30 December, 
1898. (No. 51.) 
b. £ . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. 
(No. 179.) 
c. $ • Kassim river, Abyssinia, 19 January, 1899. 
(No. 236.) 
d. 2 . Jifadensa, Abyssinia, 22 January, 1899. 
(No. 259.) 
e. ? . Borumeda, Abyssinia, 9 February, 1899. 
(No. 306.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 
Specimen a (30th Dec.) has the top of the head earthy 
brown, the white nape-feathers tipped and the black feathers 
of the back widely edged with the same colour, and the chin, 
throat, and sides of the head fringed with buff. 
Specimen b (14th Jan.) has the feathers of the crown and 
nape white, tipped with earthy brown, those of the back 
narrowly fringed with the same colour, and hardly a trace 
of buff margins to the feathers of the throat. 
Specimen c (19th Jan.) has the top of the head pure 
white, and the back, chin, throat, and sides of the head 
uniform black; the breast, too, shows but slight trace of 
fulvous, which is conspicuous in specimens a and b . 
132. Saxicola cenanthe. 
Saxicola cenanthe (Linn.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 
p. 391 (1881) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 486. 
