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from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
135. Penthol,ea mel^ena. 
Pentholaa melcena (Rupp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
vii. p. 19 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 151 
(1881), & xxvi. p. 257 (1888). 
a. S • Germ, Abyssinia, 6 February, 1899. (No. 291.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
[This black Chat was seen only in the rocky gorges 
between the 4th and 6th of February, and never met with 
after.—L.] 
136. PlNAROCHROA SORDIDA. 
Saocicola sordida Hupp. Neue Wirbelth., Yog. p. 75, pi. 26. 
fig. 2 (1835). 
Pinarochroa sordida (Rupp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit Mus. vii. 
p. 20 (1883); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 151 (1884), 
& xxvi. p. 257 (1888). 
a. S • Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. (No. 266.) 
b . s . Gedda, Abyssinia, 1 February, 1899. (No. 278 .) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 
[This bird was confined to the high plateaux.—L.] 
137. Pratincola rubetra. 
Pratincola rubetra (Linn.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus, iv, 
p. 179 (1879). 
«. S * .Guatti, Abyssinia, 27 March, 1899. (No. 455.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs black, 
[Seldom met with, and only seen towards the Abyssinian- 
Soudanese boundary.—L.] 
138. Pratincola maura. 
Pratincola maura (Pall.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. 
p. 188 (1879). 
Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
a, b. S , S • Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 30 December, 
1898, 2 January, 1899. (Nos. 52, 94.) 
c. J. Tra, Abyssinia, 7 January, 1899. (No. 136.) 
d. Baroma, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. (No. 158.) 
e. $ . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. (No, 
190.) 
