403 INIr. E. Lort Phillips on Birds 



27. Anthus sokdidus (Riipj).) ; Lort Pliiilips, Ibis, 1890, 

 p. 81. 



No. 98. c?. Slicii-.LPass,Ftb. 2, 1897. Iris brown. 

 No. 158. c?. Wiigga, Feb. 20, „ 



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No. 168. „ Feb. 23, „ 



No. 178. „ Feb. 24, „ 



No. 228. ,, Mar. 3, „ „ „ 



No. 268. „ Mar. 18, „ 



No. 292. Goolis foot-hills. Mar. 23, „ „ 



This Pipit seems to prefer the more wooded distri(;ts to 

 the open ground. We found it breeding early in Mareh in 

 1895; the nest was plaeed in a bank and contained 4 eggs. 



28. Anthus cekvinus (Pall.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 X. p. 586 (1885). 



No. 115. Sogsoda, Feb. 6, 1897. Iris hazel. 



The Red-throated Pipit is here noted for the first time 

 from Somaliland, where it doubtless occurs on migiation, as 

 it has already been recorded from Shoa by Count Salvadori, 

 and there is a s|)eeimen in the British Museum obtained by 

 Dr. S. L. Ilinde at Maehakos in British East Africa. 



29. CixNYRis iiABEssiNicus (H. & E.) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 81. 



No. 59. c^ . Sheikh Pass, Jan. 27, 1897. Iris bright hazel. 



No. 60. c? . „ „ „ ,, „ „ 



No. 97. c? . Sheikh, Feb. 2, „ 



No. 209. S ■ Wagga, 7000 ft., Mar. 2, 



No. 280. (J . 



This is the common Sun-bird of Northern Somaliland, and 

 IS to be met with from the Maritime Plain to the top of 

 the Wagga Mountain, the highest peak of the Goolis range, 

 where 1 found it breeding early in March. Its nest (see 

 figure, p. 403) is hung from the extreme end of a branch, 

 and is composed entirely of spiders' webs, decorated all over 

 with minute empty cocoons. A little " ])enthouse ^•' projects 



