408 Mr. E. Lort Pliillips on Birds 



up to the present date. One of these is the type in the 

 British Museum, from Rairo in Abyssinia, a second has been 

 procured by Mr. Cholnilcy near Suakin (Ibis, 1897, p. 203). 

 A thii'd example has been recorded from Shoa by Count 

 Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civic Genov. (2) vi. p. 259 (1888) ; 

 and now I have obtained a fourth example in Somaliland. 



47. Sylvia nana H. & E. ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 26 (1881). 



No. 5. Berbera Plain, Jan. 15, 1897. Iris light yellow. 



No. 10. S'. „ » Jan. 17 „ 



So far as I can ascertain, this Desert-Warbler has never 

 before been recorded from Somaliland ; but during our stay 

 at Berberait was far from uncommon on the Maritime Plain, 

 where it frequented the stunted bushes. 



48. Phylloscopus rufus (Bechstein) j Seebolim, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. V. p. 60 (1881). 



No. 99. S- Sheikh, Feb. 2,1897. Iris black. 

 No. 160. ?. Wagga,Feb. 20 „ „ „ 



No. 169. ? . „ Feb. 23 „ „ „ 



The Chiffchaff, though fairly common on Wagga Moun- 

 tain and on the upper ledges of the Goolis, does not seem 

 to have been recorded from Somaliland before. It was^ 

 doubtless, on migration. 



49. Hypolais languida (H. & E.) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 78. 



No. 49. Berbera Plain, Jan. 25, 1897. Iris black. 



As in 1895, I procured only one specimen of this species, 

 and, curiously enough, it was shot in the same locality, viz. 

 close to the wells at Dobar. 



50. Hypolais pallida (H. & E.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. v. p. 82 (1881). 



No. 306. (?. The Gooban, March 26, 1897. Iris hazel. 

 We procured only one specimen of this Warbler, which is 

 probably much rarer than H. languida. 



