CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF BIRDS OBTAINED BY THE 

 RECENT EXPEDITION INTO SOMALI-LAND, AUTHORIZED 

 AND EQUIPPED BY THE FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM, 

 WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. BY D. G. ELLIOT, 

 F. R. S. E. 



The following species were obtained during the travels of myself 

 and party throughout Somali-land into Ogaden. The main object of the 

 expedition was to procure specimens of the mammals inhabiting the 

 country, and I could give but little attention to the birds, much to my 

 regret, but I endeavored to obtain as many species as possible without 

 attempting to gather a series of any one. This will account for the 

 small number of specimens belonging to any one species. It was not 

 that they were difficult to collect, for I never was in a land where 

 birds were more numerous and tame, and an expedition properly 

 equipped for bird collecting, could procure a very large series of 

 specimens in a comparatively short time. In accordance with the 

 custom prevailing in the Field Columbian Museum, this collection 

 should have been handed over to the Department of Ornithology, but 

 Professor C. B. Cory, the Curator, is at present absent in Florida, 

 and has requested me to determine the species, and publish the list. 

 In order to facilitate comparison of the lists, I have followed in this 

 one the arrangement adopted by Dr. Sharpe in his catalogue of the 

 birds obtained by Dr. Donaldson Smith in his journey to Lake 

 Rudolph. I am indebted to my friend, Dr. Sharpe, for the privilege 

 of access to the British Museum collection, for the purpose of com- 

 paring the following species with the specimens in the great series of 

 that institution: 



ORDER PASSERES. 



FAM. CORVID.E. 

 i. Corvus edithae. 



Corvus edithae, Lort Phillips, Bull. Ornith. Club, iv, p. xxxvi. 

 -Id., Ibis, p. 383 (1895). 

 $ Laferug. 

 9 Higlileh, Ogaden. 

 This small crow was seen at various places during the trip, 



such as Deregodleh, Laferug, Higlileh in Ogaden, etc. It was 



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