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from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
slight difference between the females of P. albofasciata in 
Southern and Northern Abyssinia, but lack of cartridges 
prevented my ascertaining this for certain.—L.] 
140. CosSYPHA SEMIRUFA. 
Cossypha semirufa (Rupp.) $ Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. 
p. 42 (1883). 
Bessornis semirufa Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. 
p. 152 (1884), & xxvi. p. 256 (1888). 
a. $. Chelunco, Abyssinia, 4 January, 1899. (No. 106.) 
b. J. Gitemma, Abyssinia, 14 M arch, 1899. (No. 421.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 
The female (a) has the nape and the upper part of the 
mantle strongly washed with rust-red. The male ( b ) has the 
nape and upper mantle uniform in colour with the back. In 
the latter specimen the tail is unusually short (2*7 inches), 
but the dark middle pair of tail-feathers are missing. 
141. ThAMNOLjEA alboscapulata. 
Thamnolcea alboscapulata (Riipp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. vii. p. 50 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. 
p. 156 (1884.) 
a. £ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 30 December, 
1898. (No. 48.) 
b. ^ . Gelongol, Abyssinia, 13 March, 1899. (No. 416.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 
The measurements of the male are unusually large—wing 
4*75 inches, tail 3 7. 
The female, a much smaller bird—wing 4*3 inches, 
tail 3'2—has the wing-coverts uniform black. 
142. Thamnolcea semirufa. 
Thamnolcea semirufa (Riipp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
vii. p. 51 (1883) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. p. 155 
(1884), & xxvi. p. 257 (1888). 
a, b. $ $ imm. Akake, Abyssinia, 24 January, 1899. 
(Nos. 276, 277.) 
c. S • Gedda, Abyssinia, 1 February, 1899. (No. 281.) 
