60 Mr. R. McD. Hawker— Results of a 



villager's donkey. It was very busy pecking the donkey's 

 back. I went up to the donkey and found it bleeding from 

 a freshly-opened scar, the bird evidently having pecked off the 

 skin. I always noticed the Somalis drive these birds away 

 from their ponies. In one specimen I found a large green 

 tick fastened to its neck. 



7. BucHANGA AssiMiLis (Bcchst.) ; Sharpc, P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p . 462. 



No. 71. ? . Sheikh Wufli, Nov. 28, 1897. Bill and feet 

 black ; iris red. 



No. 187. c?- Jifa Medir, Jan. 8, 1898. 



This is very common, and one of the nicest birds one 

 sees. It is a very curious bird, and is exceedingly tame. 

 Taking its position on a bush near to camp, it seems 

 interested in everything going on, now and then dashing 

 after a fly right among the men and beasts. I have seen it 

 when on the march often fly along with the caravan, catching 

 flies within a yard of a man's hand. One was so tame that 

 one of the camel- men caught it ofl^ a bush with his hand and 

 brought it to me uninjured. It did not seem very frightened, 

 and when I let it go it only flew about twenty yards and 

 settled on a bush and looked at us. 



8. Vidua hypocherina J. & E. Verr. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 208 (1890). 



No. 98. c?. Arabsiyo,Dec.2,1897.p^".^^^]^f^,'^"^^^' 

 ^ "^ ' ' [ins dark brown. 



No. 114. ? . „ Dec. 3, „ 



No. 115. ,, „ „ „ „ 



I saw these birds only at Arabsiyo and Hargeisa. At the 

 latter place they joined with flocks of other Finches feeding 

 on the jowari stubbles. 



The female is a very tawny- coloured bird, with broad 

 black stripes, with the centre of the crown tawny and flanked 

 on each side by a black band. The young male is more 

 tawny than the female, and shows some of the blue-black 

 feathers of the adult male. 



