Collection of Birds made in Northern Somaliland. 311 



Iris bright red or chestnut-brown ; bill blue-black ; legs 

 pale slate-coloured ; legs and feet black. 



Argya aylmeri Shelley. 



Argya aylmeri Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 404, pi. xi. fig. 1 ; 

 Reich, iii. p. 673 (1905). 



a-f. S ? et $ imm. Burao, 1st Feb.-20th March, 1906. 



This species was first described and figured from examples 

 procured by Mr. Lort Phillips in North Somaliland. 



Family Pycnonotid,e. 



Pycnonotus arsinoe (Hempr. & Ehrenb.). 

 Pycnonotus arsinoe Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 413. 

 Pycnonotus arsinoe somaliensis Reich, iii. p. 810 (1905). 

 a,b. S ? • Ragar, 22nd-23rd June, 1905. 

 c. ? . Dubar, 23rd May, 1905. 



d-l. S ? et <$ juv. Waghar, 2nd July-23rd Oct., 1905. 

 m-r. S ? . Burao, 29th Dec, 1905, 2nd Jan.-23rd Feb., 

 1906. 



Bill jet-black ; legs and feet black. 



Family Muscicapid^e. 



Muscicapa grisola Linn. 



Muscicapa grisola Reich, ii. p. 449 (1903). 



a-g. S ? • Waghar, 6th Sept.-26th Oct., 1905. 



Muscicapa atricapilla Linn. 



Muscicapa atricapilla Reich, ii. p. 451 (1903). 



a-b. <$ ? . Waghar, 16th Aug.-lst Sept., 1905. 



The occurrence of this species in Somaliland is not noted 

 by Dr. Sharpe (P. Z. S. 1895), Mr. Lort Phillips (Ibis, 1896 

 and 1898), or by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant (Ibis, 1900). 



Muscicapa somaliensis Bannerman. 



Muscicapa somaliensis Bannerman, Bull. B. O. C. vol. xxv. 

 p. 20 (1909). 



a-m. $ ? et ? imm. Waghar, 22nd June-lst Sept., 

 1905. (Including the types of the species.) 



