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Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 
The type of Graucalus purus was collected by Mr. F. J. 
Jackson on Mt. Elgon, and he subsequently obtained a series, 
including examples of both sexes, at Man and Nandi. The 
same species was recently procured by Lord Delamere in 
Somaliland. 
After careful comparison of these birds with South-African 
examples of G. ccesius , I can find no specific difference between 
the two, the latter being merely a slightly larger race. 
[Of a shy, skulking habit, this bird might be easily passed 
over but for its magnificent note. Though plentiful locally 
in the Warabili and Kuni forests, I do not think that its 
range extends very far north or east. Near Addis Abbeba, 
in the thickets at Mangasia, a solitary specimen of the bird 
was observed.— L.] 
149. Campophaga phcenicea. 
Campophaya phcenicea (Lath.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
iv. p. 59 (1879). 
a . . Kombolsha, Abyssinia, 15 Februaay, 1899. (No. 
313.) 
b. S • Konduro, Abyssinia, 25 March, 1899. (No. 450.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
[This handsome bird was only twice met with. On each 
occasion a pair was seen in lightly-wooded country and in 
the immediate vicinity of a village. It is of tame habit and 
easily approached.—L.] 
150. BaTIS OR1ENTALIS. 
Batis orientalis (Heugl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. 
p. 136 (1879). 
a . $ . Tra, Abyssinia, 7 January, 1899. (No. 133.) 
b. [(?.] Hawash, Abyssinia, 17 January, 1899. (No. 215.) 
Iris bright yellow; bill and legs black. 
The white eyebrow-stripes bordering the crown are present 
in both sexes, but not very clearly defined; in the male they 
uuite with one another on the occiput. 
[This bright little bird, with its musical treble call, was to 
be seen throughout Abyssinia except on the sparsely-wooded 
high plateaux.—L.] 
