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the Ostrich sits on the eggs the arrows stick into it. 

 We started Lack for Duburro soon afterwards to look for 

 the lions we had left there on our way west. Here we heard 

 that another sportsman was hunting them, so we went on to 

 Godgat, and shortly afterwards returned to Berbera. The 

 country had changed for the worse since we had marched up. 

 There was now not a blade of grass left, and the thorn-trees 

 looked drier than ever. This being so we had to pusli on to 

 Berbera as fast as we could, and arrived there on February 

 3rd. Here we stopped for some time, packing up our 

 specimens and collecting. 



Two other hunting-parties came in, and we all went over 

 together to Aden, whence we returned to England by the 

 P. & O. steamer ' Victoria.'' 



For the determination and arrangement of the birds 

 enumerated in the following list of those met with I am 

 indebted to the assistance of my friend Dr. Bowdler Sharpe, 

 who has kindly helped me in every way. 



List of Birds obtained in Somaliland. 



1. CosMOPSARus REGIUS Reicheu. ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, 



p. 459. 



(Bill and feet 

 black ; iris 

 pale yellow. 

 Arabsiyo, Nov. 29, „ „ „ 



,, Jjec. d, ,, ,, ,, 



Godgat, Jan. 28, 1898. 

 Nos. 224, 228. c? ? . Ujawaji, Jan. 25, 1898. „ 

 I found these birds distributed from within thirty miles of 

 Berbera to the western frontier of Harar. They went in 

 flocks, often with Spreo superbus, but were rather shy and 

 did not feed about the camps like the latter bird. 



2. Amydrus blythii Hartl. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 164. 



Nos. 256, 257, c? ? • Dobar, Feb. 10, 1898. Bill and 

 feet black ; iris brown. 



