Collecting-Tour in Somaliland. 79 



orange-red ; base of bill liglit blue^ tip darker ; irides dark 

 brown. 



No. 124. c?. Ujawaji, Dec. 8, 1897. 



No. 152. ? . „ Dec. 16, 1897. 



No. 214. ? . Jifa Uri, Jan. 20, 1898. 



This pretty little Falconet is not common. Its flight is 

 more like that of a Thrush than that of a Bird of Prey. 



96. Cerchneis cenchris (Naum.). 



No. 204. c?. Makanis, Jan. 13, 1898. Legs yellow; 

 bill blue, the tip darker ; irides dark brown. 



I saw only a single individual of this little Kestrel. 



97. Cerchneis fieldi Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. Orn. 

 i. no. 2, p. 58. 



No. 183- c?- Jifa Medir, Jan. 6, 1898. Feet yellow; 

 bill bluish slate-colour ; irides pale yellow. 



98. Trachelotis canicollis (Reichen.) ; Elliot, Field 

 Columb. Mus. Orn. i. no. 2, p. 61. 



No. 152. c?. Ujawaji, Dec. 16, 1897. Feet yellowish 

 while ; base of bill light, the tip dark ; irides brown. 



No. 207. ? . Jifa Medir, Jan. 19, 1898. 



This Bustard is fairly common ; it keeps among the 

 bushes. 



99. LissoTis HARTLAUBi (Hcugl.) ; Sharpc, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxiii. p. 307 (1894). 



Nos. 201, 202. c?. Makanis, Jan. 13, 1898. Feet 

 yellowish white ; upper mandible dark on the top, with the 

 sides light ; lower mandible yellowish white ; irides light 

 brown. 



This seems to be the least common of the Bustards in 

 West Somaliland. I saw only two individuals, both of which 

 1 secured. When flying, its black breast and white wings 

 make it very conspicuous. 



100. EupoDOTis KORi (Burch.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiii. p. 324 (1894). 



No. 150. S ■ Jifa Uri, Dec. 19, 1897. Feet yellowish 



