collected on the Red Sen. 34 i 



I found this beautiful species in dry localities, in dense salt- 

 plant copses, near the strand about Berbera, Meid, Arniati, &c. 

 Manners and voice much like those oi Drijmoica. Very shy and 

 swift. October and December. Not rai'e. 



[A true Sylvia, congeneric with -S'. subulpina, S. conspicillata, 

 &c.— Ed.J 



.29. Calamoherpe turdoides. 



Young birds in August, on the woody island of Schech-said, 

 near Massaua. 



30. Sylvia cinerea. 

 Island of Dahalak, in August. 



31. Aedon minor (Cab.). (D., S.) 

 October, Tadjura. 



32. Aedon familiaris (Menetr,). 

 Tadjura. 



32 a. ? Calamoherpe pallida (Ehrenb.). 



[Probably this species. Specimens collected in Spain by A. 

 Brehm. differ by having the beak broader. Adult female from 

 Tadjura. — Ed.] 



33. Saxicola saltatrix (Menetr.). (D., S., S.A.) 



34. Saxicola stapazina. (D., S., S.A.) Oct. and Nov. 



35. Saxicola melanura. (D., S.A.) 



36. Saxicola deserti. 

 Observed near Berbera. 



37. Motacilla alba. 



In flocks on the Somali coast at the end of November. 



38. Budytes flava. (D., S.) 

 September to November. 



39. Cercotrichas erythroptera. (D., A.) 



40. ixos arsinoe. (d.) 



41. Oriolus galbula. 



In September, on palms in the Asab bay (13° N.L.). 



