FEB. 1897. EAST AFRICAN COLLECTION OF BIRDS ELLIOT. 49 



A rather rare species, only met with a few times, and the male 

 though seen was not obtained. 



74. Campothera nubica. 



Picus nubicus. Gm. Syst. Nat., p. 439(1788). 

 Campothera nubica. Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. , p. 492 (1895). 

 $ $ Mullier. Iris red. 

 9 Hullier. 



$ Laferug. e 



A not uncommon species in certain parts of the country, but 

 generally wild and not often permitting one to approach it closely, 

 very different in this respect from the other feathered inhabitants 

 of the land. 



FAM. CAPITONID^:. 



75. Trachyphonus shellyi. 



Trachyphonus erythrocephalus (nee Cab.). Shelley, Ibis, 

 p. 394 (1885), ex Somali plateau. James, Unkn. Horn. Afr., 

 p. 282, pi. ix. 



Trachyphonus shelleyi. Hartl. Isis, pp. 105, m, pi. v (1886). 

 Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 493 (1895). 



$ Higlileh, Ogaden. Eyelids, feet and legs vermilion. Iris 

 brown. 



9 Higlileh, Ogaden. 



This species was not obtained until the Haud was passed 

 and we had entered Ogaden. This or the succeeding species 

 was seen by me in the country southeast of Toyo plain toward 

 the territory of the Dolbahanti. T. Shelleyi was not common 

 anywhere, and was met with generally in pairs. It appeared to 

 be breeding, and usually made us aware of its presence by its 

 loud, shrill voice, sounding almost like laughter. The attitudes 

 of the males when near the females were very curious, and the 

 birds both seemed to be in a state of great excitement, and paid 

 but little attention to any one near at hand. Although not met 

 with by me on the Haud, it seems to occur there, as Sharpe states 

 (1. c.) that the specimen mentioned by Shelley (1. c.) was from the 

 Somali plateau, meaning, I suppose, the Haud. 



76. Trachyphonus margaritatus. 



Buceo margaritatus. Cretzchm. Rtipp, Atlas. Vog. , p. 30, 

 pi. 20 (1826). 



