173 
from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia . 
151. Alesonax murinus. 
Alseonax murinus Fischer & Reichen. J. f. O. 1881, p. 94. 
a. S' . Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 121.) 
One of the most remarkable features of this collection is 
the number of species from Eastern and Equatorial Africa 
which have now been discovered in Southern Abyssinia. The 
occurrence of this little Flycatcher, hitherto known only 
from the vicinity of Lake Victoria Nyanza, is a further 
instance of interesting and quite unexpected geographical 
distribution. 
This species is new to the British Museum Collection. 
152. Muscicapa grisola. 
Muscicapa grisola Linn.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. 
p. 151 (1879); id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 490. 
a. S • Mendi, Abyssinia, 25 April, 1899. (No. 487.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
153. Hyliota flavigastra. 
Hyliota flavigastra Swains.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
iv. p. 248 (1879), 
a. S • Mendi, Abyssinia, 8 April, 1899. (No. 478.) 
Iris brown; bill black; legs dark slate-colour. 
The occurrence of this bird at Mendi, in the valley of the 
Blue Nile, carries the range of the species much further 
north-east than was previously known. 
154. Lioptilxjs abyssinicus. 
Brymophila abyssinica Rupp. Neue Wirbelth., Vog. p. 108, 
pi. 40. fig, 2 (1835). 
Lioptilus abyssinicus Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxi. 
p. 128 (1884), & xxvi. p. 238 (1888). 
Bradyornis abyssinica Hartert, Kat. Mus. Senckenb. 
p. 97 (1891). 
Alcippe Hlimensis Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 364. 
a. S imm. Burka, Abyssinia, 6 January, 1899. (No. 122.) 
Iris light brown ; bill dark horn ; legs grey. 
An immature male in the present collection is obviously 
identical with Alcippe Hlimensis Shelley, and there can be 
no doubt that the latter term is synonymous with Brymophila 
