observed in Northern Somali-land. 79 



obtaiu a specimen, and then I was luclcy enough to find a 

 nest containing two eggs in a thick bush, much resembling 

 a box-tree. I also shot both the male and the female, which 

 have been admirably figured in Plate II. 



I have named this new species after my wife, who is a 

 keen observer, and was a very great help to me with my 

 collection. 



The nest is a coarsely-made structure of small twigs and 

 bark, peeled oft' in strips and intertwined with the sticks and 

 a few straws. The lining is of dried grass Avith a few leaves, 

 and there is a little moss on the outside of the nest. The 

 eggs were two in number, of a very delicate type for a 

 Blackbird. The ground-colour is a very pale greenish blue, 

 plentifully sprinkled with tiny spots of rufous, clouding 

 together at the longer ends ; the underlying markings and 

 spots are faint purplish grey. Axis 1*1 inch, diam. 0'75. 



25. MoNTicoLA RUFociNEKEA (Riipp.) ; Scebohm, Cat. B. 

 V. p. 327 (1881). 



An adult male was procured. 



26. Myrmecocichla melanura (Temm.). 

 Myrmecocichla cinerea, Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 



p. 358. 



I met with a couple of these birds on the bare hills at 

 Dobar. They consisted of an old bird and a young one, and 

 the latter was being fed by the parent. The nestling plumage 

 is thoroughly Chat-like, and the feathers are tipped with 

 sandy bufl'. 



27. Saxicola PHiLLiPsi, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 404. 

 Fairly common both on the Berbera phain and on the 



upper ledges of the Goolis, wherever open spaces are to be 

 found. Its habits do not seem to differ from those of other 

 Chats. 



28. Saxicola uiiSEKTi, Temm. ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885 

 p. 405. 



Plentiful on the Berbera plains. 



