610 Messrs. Ogilvie-Graat and Reid on Birds 



ornithologist^ and wc trust that the success of his present trip • 

 may encourage him to pursue our favourite study with even 

 greater zest in the near future. 



1. Heterocorax capensis. 



Heterocorax capensis Licht. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 120. 



a. ? . Loyaa, S. Abyssinia, 25th Jan. No. 395. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The African Rook was the most noisy of the Corvidse 

 and widely distributed over altitudes of from 5,000 to 10,000 

 feet.— A. E. P.] 



2. CORVUS SCAPULATUS. 



Corvus scapulatus Daud. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 

 p. 22 (1877) ; Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 283. 



a. c? • Akaki River, S. Abyssinia, 24th Jan. No. 385. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The White-bellied Crow was common on the high plateau. 

 —A. E. P.] 



3. Rhinocorax affinis. 



Rhinocorax affinis (Rlipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 iii. p. 46 (1877) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 394; Grant, 

 Ibis, 1901, p. 283. 



a. ($ . Ha wash Bridge, S. Abyssinia, 19th Dec. No. 257. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The Short-tailed Raven is the most widely distributed of 

 all the Crow-kind. It ranges from the lower Hawash to 

 9,000 feet.— A. E. P.] 



4. Pholidauges leucogaster. 



PhoUdauges leucogaster (Gm.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 121 ; 

 1901, p. 283. 



a. ^ . Somadu, Somaliland, 1st April. No. 751. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The White-bellied Glossy Starling was not seen till our 

 return journey in April, and then only this single specimen 

 was observed. Somadu is the present British frontier police 

 post.— A. E. P.] 



