in the Somali countnj, Eastern Africa. 24-7 



20. PoLiospiZA TRisTRiATA, Bp. Scrinus tristriatus, Riippell. 

 Shot on the mountains, where they fly about in flocks like 



English Sparrows. 



21. Pyrrhulauda leiicotis (Stanley). 



This delicate little bird I found only at Bunder Goree, feeding 

 on the sand in front of the huts. The hen bird has no black 

 upon the breast. 



22. Laniarius CRUENTUs (Ehrenberg). Somali name, /t/a/m>. 



23. Platysteira senegalexsis (L.). 



24. Saxtcola isabellina, Kiippell. 



25. Saxicola melanura, Temminck. 

 These two Wheatears I found on the Plateau. 



26. DiCRURUs LUGUBRis, Ehrenberg. 



A King Crow, with habits like the Indian one. Irides red. 



27. Nectarinia habessinica, Ehrenberg. 



A beautiful species of Honeysucker, whose lustrous metallic 

 feathers, when flitting in the sun, endeavouring to extract seed 

 from the bells of flowers, are resplendently gaudy. 



28. Nectarinia albiventris, Strickland, Jardine*s Contr. 

 Orn. 1852, pi. 86, p. 42. 



Male and female. These Creepers, like the last, inhabit the 

 Plateau, and are always found in company with them, flying 

 about shrubs, plants, and flowers. ]\Ir. Blyth says, this species 

 has only been obtained in the Somali country. 



29. Pterocles senegalensis (Latham). P. giittatus, Licht- 

 enstein. The Rock-Pigeon or Sand-Grouse. Somali, Fuku. 



These birds are found on the Plateau in large flocks, and in 

 habits correspond with the Indian bird of the same size. 



30. Pterocles lichtexsteini, Temminck. 



This bird frequents hills, like the Indian Pterocles fasciatus, 

 the Painted Rock Pigeon of sportsmen, which it generally re- 

 sembles ; but it is readily distinguishable upon comparison, being 

 a considerably larger bird, and richer in its markings. At first 

 sight I mistook it for the Indian bird. 



