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106. Tringa subarquata (Giild.). 



No. 265. c?. Berbera, Feb. 17, 1898. Feet and bill 

 black ; irides brown. 



107. Sterna saundersi Hume ; Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. XXV. p. 120 (1896). 



No. 268. ^. Berbera, Feb. 20, 1898. Feet yellow; 

 bill dusky yellow ; iris brown. 



108. (Ena capbnsis (L.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 518. 

 No. 83. ? . Arabsiyo, Nov. 29, 1897. Feet red ; bill 



black j iris dark brown. 



No. 126. ^ . Ujawaji, Dec. 8, 1897. Bill and feet red ; 

 iris brown. 



109. Turtur damarensis F. & H. ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxi. p. 426 (1893). 



No. 128. c?- Ujawaji, Dec. 9, 1897. Feet red; bill 

 black ; iris brown. 



This is the most common Dove in Somaliland. 



110. Francolinus rirki Hartl. ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, 

 p. 425. 



Nos. 205, 206. c? ? • Jifa Medir, Jan. 18, 1898. Bill 

 black ; feet reddish brown ; iris brown. 



This Francolin is very common in all the river-beds. It 

 is a very game bird and rises well. Its flesh is excellent 

 eating;. 



VII. — Field-notes on Birds collected in the Philippine 

 Islands in 1893-6. By John Whitehead *. 



I. Introduction. 

 On the 2nd of December, 1893, I began my first attempt at 

 exploring the north of Luzon. In Manila I engaged two 

 servants, one as collector, the other as cook. The first 

 turned out utterly useless — the second was terribly lazy. 



* [The collections formed by Mr. "Wliitehead, to which the following 

 field-notes refer, have all been fully described in previous numbers of 

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