422 Mr. E. Lort Phillips on Birds 



105. CuRSORius soMALiENSis Shelley; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 36. 



106. Stephanibyx coronata (Gm.) ; Sharpe, P.Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 514. 



No. 109. c?. SheikhjFeb. 4, 1897. Iris yellow, legs red. 



The " Watchman-bird," as the natives call this Plover, is 

 fairly plentiful on the Goolis, in small parties of from five to 

 eight. In the daytime it is very tame and easily approached, 

 but at night the slightest noise alarms it, and the flock will 

 rise into the air and fly round and round the disturber, be he 

 man or beast, uttering loud cries. These alarm-notes have 

 often given timely warning to the inhabitants of a native 

 village of an intended hostile attack, and so saved them from 

 being looted. 



107. Charadrtus dominicus (Miill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxiv. p. 196 (1896). 



? juv. Berbera, Jan. 15, 1897. 



This little Golden Plover was shot in the Berbera harbour, 

 where there was a small flock of about a dozen. 



108. -^GiALiTis cantiana (Lath.). 



Nos. 30, 31. c? c?. Berbera, Jan. 19, 1897. Iris brown. 



The Kentish Plover frequented the Berbera harbour at 

 low tide, where small flocks were to be seen feeding on the 

 mud-flats. 



