from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia . 309 
Though nearly allied to B. extoni (Layard) from South¬ 
east Africa, this species may he distinguished by having the 
white middles to all the feathers of the interscapular region 
and back tipped with golden yellow. Iris brown; bill and 
legs black. Total length about 4’0 inches, culmen 0*54, wing 
2‘35, tail 1/25, tarsus 0'55. 
The sexes are perfectly similar one to another in plumage. 
184. Trachyphonus margaritatus. 
Trachyphonus margaritatus (Hupp.); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xix. p. 103 (1891) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 415. 
a . J. Gadaburka, Abyssinia, 22 January, 1899. (No. 
258.) 
Iris brown ; bill red-brown ; legs dark brown. 
185. ScHIZORHIS LEUCOGASTER. 
Schizorhis leucogaster (Rupp.); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xix. p. 452 (1891); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p.495; 
Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 416. 
a. <$ . Hawash, Abyssinia, 17 January, 1899. (No. 214.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs black. 
[This bird does not truly belong to the highlands of Shoa; 
it was met with only in the Hawash plain—a country as dry 
and burnt up as the Somali coast.—L.] 
186. Schizorhis zonura. 
Schizorhis zonura (Rupp.); Shelley, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xix. 
p. 491 (1891). 
a. <$ . Arriro, Abyssinia, 19 February, 1899. (No. 350.) 
b. $ . Bilo, Abyssinia, 11 March, 1899. (No. 398.) 
Iris brown; bill yellow ; legs black. 
[This bird inhabits the valleys of Shoa, and is widely 
distributed.—L.] 
187. Turacus donaldsoni. 
Turacus donaldsoni Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 495, pi. xxviii. 
a. ^ . Warabili, Abyssinia, 3 January, 1899. (No. 96.). 
Iris brown ; bill and eyelids bright red ; legs black. 
[This Plantain-eater is to be seen in the thick woods, 
though occasionally it is met with on high trees in the open. 
