. Ibis . ich rufous-buff, remainder of the quills ashybrown; bill brownish yellow; legs brownish length 8*4 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 28, tail 4*8,tarsus 1. Hab. Somali-land. Probably plentiful, but difficult to see, as they frequentthe thick bushes and grass. They are very active, and con-stantly utter a cry somewhat resembling that of a mouse. 32. MONTICOLA RUFOCINEREA. Saxicola rufocinerea, Riipp. Neue Wirb. Vog. 1835-40,p. 7Q, pi. 27. Thnmnolcea rufocinerea, Heugl. Orn. p. 369. Monticola rufocinerea, Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 327; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges.
. Ibis . ich rufous-buff, remainder of the quills ashybrown; bill brownish yellow; legs brownish length 8*4 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 28, tail 4*8,tarsus 1. Hab. Somali-land. Probably plentiful, but difficult to see, as they frequentthe thick bushes and grass. They are very active, and con-stantly utter a cry somewhat resembling that of a mouse. 32. MONTICOLA RUFOCINEREA. Saxicola rufocinerea, Riipp. Neue Wirb. Vog. 1835-40,p. 7Q, pi. 27. Thnmnolcea rufocinerea, Heugl. Orn. p. 369. Monticola rufocinerea, Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 327; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1881, p. 302 (Masai) ;Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884, p. 1(50 (Shoa) ; Fischer,J. f. O. 1885, p. 142 (Maiwascha in 0° 30 S. lat.). Hab. E. Africa, Abyssinia southward to Somali and Masai-land. Common about the mountains near Berbera. In theiractions they much remind one of the Robin. 33. Saxicola phillipsi, sp. n. (Plate XII.) Crown, back of the neck, upper back, and scapulars ashy l]ois,I885,PlXI. J G. liih. Hatthart iixip. l:ARGYA AYLMEUT2. PATIUS THRUPPI. Ibis,I885,Pl,Xri,
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