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saw it in pairs and obtained two specimens, December 12, 

 1889, on wliich day lie camped at Mwcndo in 0° So X. lat. by 

 34° 85' E. long'. It has also been procured by him in Xandi 

 and by Emin, as far west as Lado. Lord Delaiucre obtained 

 a specimen at Laka Xakuro. 



The species has not }-ct been recorded from Somaliland ; 

 but it has been met with by Sir Harry Johnston at Lake 

 Baringo, and by Lord Lovat and Mr. Pease in Southern 

 Abyssinia. In Shoa, specimens have been collected at 

 Angolala by Harris in February, by Antinore at Luce in 

 October, and by Ragazzi at Goro, in Xuvember, where, 

 according to the latter naturalist, it is very common. Mr. 

 Neumann giA'es the wing measurement of live specimens 

 from this district, which vary from l'2'-2 to l-i'd inches. 

 Hcuglin calls it a resident in the Abyssinian highlands, and 

 found it in Sennaar and South Kordofan, frequenting the 

 rocks, woods and cultivated land, but rarely entering the 

 towns. Mr. Hawker writes : " I only met with the African 

 Rook in a small district extending from the south and west of 

 Kaka to Fashoda. It was generally found near villages, and 

 had a very harsh cry. When sitting on a tree it puffs out 

 the feathers on its head and neck, which gives it the appear- 

 ance of having a very large liead. Its nest is generally 

 placed on the end of a very thin bough; it is beautifully 

 made of smallish thorn branches witli an outer lining of 

 fibre and an inner lining of the felted hair of animals. The 

 eggs, three in number, are rosy white, freckled and blotched 

 with maroon and dark cinnamon." Mr. A. Ij. Butler writes : 

 " I have only noticed the African Rook between Kaka and 

 Fashoda, the district in which Mr. Hawker met with it." 



