obtained in Somalil and. 411 



We found this Roc*k-Thnish very local, but at Sheikli 

 there were always several to be sseu among the ruins. Also 

 on Wagga it was fairly plentiful, while to the westward of 

 Sheikh Pass I do not remember to have seen it. 



60. MoNTicoL.v CYANUs (Liuu.; ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. V. p. 310 (1881). 



No. 111. ? . Sheikh, Feb. 5, 1897. Iris blaek. 



This is the first speeimon of the Blue Boek-Thrush re- 

 corded from Somaliland. 



01. MoNTicoLA RUFociNEUEUs (Rui)p.) ; Lort Phillips, 

 Ibis, 1890, p. 79. 



No. 90. Juv. Sheikh, Jan. 31, 1897. Iris brown. 

 No. 103. Juv. „ Feb. 2, „ „ „ 



No. 175. S- Wnggn, Feb. 23, „ „ „ 



No. 183. J. „ Feh 24, „ „ ,. 



No. 195. S' „ Feb. 27, „ „ „ 



T)ie habits and flight of this little Bock-Thrush closely 

 resemble those of the Beflstart, to which, in my opinion, it 

 is much more nearly allied than it is to the Rock-Thrushes. 



62. Ikama gutturai.is (Guerin) ; Lort Phillips, Bull. 

 Brit. Orn. Club, vi. p. xlvi. 



Erytliacus gatturalis Soebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 304 (1881). 



No. 283. (J. Goolis foot-hills, Mar. 22, 1897. Iris brown. 

 No. 301. J. „ „ Mar. 24, „ 



That this species has never been previously recorded from 

 Somaliland is haidly surprising, considering the extreme 

 shyness of the bird and its efforts to escape observation. 

 The moment that it fancies itself watched it Avill flit out 

 of the further side of the bush in which it hapj^en to be^ 

 and make for the next nearest covert, repeating the same 

 tactics should it be followed. Its note is a deliciously soft 

 chur-r-r-r-r, the origin of which puzzled me for some time. 

 This bird must be far from uncommon on the Goolis foot- 

 hills in March, but only two specimens were procured, and 

 these with ditHculty. 



