obtained in Somali/and. 407 



seemed to prefer open ground where there were a few 

 scattered bushes — flying from one to the other or running 

 underneath them and flirting its fan-like tail after the manner 

 of Eri/thropijgia leucopiera, to wliicl)^ in my opinion, it is 

 closely allied. 



44. Aedon galactodes (Temm.) ; Elliot, Field Colunib. 

 Mus., Orn. i. no. 2, p. 45 (1897). 



No. 62. c?. The Gooban, Jan. 24, 1897. Iris black. 



It seems somewhat curious that both species of Aedon 

 should winter in Somaliland, but my specimens leave no 

 doubt on the subject. 



45. Sylvia cinerea (Bechstein). 



No. 96. ? . Sheikh, Feb. 1, 1897. Iris black. 



Our Common Whitethroat does not appear to have been 

 previously recorded from Somaliland : it was doubtless on 

 its migration northward. 



46. Sylvia islanfoudi Secbohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 29, pi. ii. (1881). 



No. 35. cf. Bcrbcra Plain, Jan. 20, 1897. Iris black. 



The wing in my specimen measures 2'5 inches, and the 

 tail 235. This is in contradiction to the characters given 

 by Secbohm (/. c), who gives the lengtli of the tail as 2"56 

 and the wing 2*55 ; so that the tail is supposed to be longer 

 than the wing (see his 'Key to the Species,^ /. c. p. 6). A 

 difference so small in the length of the wing and tail is a some- 

 what sit nder character on which to generalize, and according 

 to my measurements of the type specimen (confirmed by 

 Dr. Bowdler Sharpe) the wing is really 2*56 inches, but 

 the tail is 2*2 inches and no more. It is evident that 

 Mr, Seebohm included the root of the tail as well as the tail 

 itself, but the actual feathers measured from the base to the 

 tip are only 2'2 inches. The type specimen is in very worn 

 and abraded plumage and the pale ends are completely worn 

 off". The dark legs of the species, however, seem to dis- 

 tinguish S. blanfordi from S. melanocephala. 



This species appears to be only known from four specimens 



