On a Col I cell on of Birds made in N. Somaliland. 291 



XII. — On a Collection of Birds made in Northern Somaliland 

 by Mr. G. W. Bury. By D. A. Bannerman, B.A., 

 M.B.O.U. 



The following paper is based on a collection of birds 

 obtained by Mr. G. W. Bury in Northern Somaliland. 

 Mr. Ogil vie -Grant had made arrangements that Mr. Bury 

 should investigate the high ranges behind Cape Guardafui, 

 making his way then by sea from Berbera to Bunder 

 Mureya, and thence striking inland to the high ground, but 

 unfortunately this plan had to be abandoned owing to 

 numerous difficulties, the Italian Government refusing to 

 grant him the necessary permission to land. Mr. Bury 

 therefore confined his labours to the country between Dubar 

 and Burao. The majority of the birds were obtained in the 

 Waghar district, which he made his head-quarters from the 

 end of June to November, 1905. 



Below I have given a list of the localities which he visited, 

 together with the approximate dates and altitudes at which 

 birds were collected. 



Dubar, 400 ft May and June, 1905. 



Geloko, 3000 ft June and December 1905, and January 



1906. 

 LibahRajaz, 3400 ft.) 



Ragar, 4000 ft. I June, 1905. 



Ragar Plateau, 4200 ft. 1 



Waghar, 6000 ft , June to November, 1905. 



Burao, December 1905 to June 1906. 



Two new species were discovered, namely, a small Rail, 

 Sarothrura buryi Grant, from Dubar; and a new Flycatcher, 

 Muscicapa somaliensis Bannerman, from Wag liar and 

 Burao. 



The great value of this collection lies in the fact that a 

 very large series of the birds was obtained in the hot 

 summer months — May, June, July, and August, when very 

 few collectors are in the field. Hence Mr. Bury secured 

 examples of many species in summer-plumage which the 

 British Museum did not possess before. 



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