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29. Saxicola isABELLiNA, RUpp. ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 405. 



This Chat, like the S. deserti, was plentiful on the Berbera 

 plains in February. 



30. E.UTICILLA PHfENicuRUs (Linn,). 



An adult male bird was procured. The Redstart was 

 fairly common on the higher ground where, on March 15th, 

 I found a pair nesting in a hole of a tree overhanging the 

 path. The same day I saw a Bluethroat but failed to get it. 



31. Erythropygia leucoptbra (Riipp.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1885, p. 406. 



This species frequents the open plains, and may be seen 

 dodging about among the low mimosa-bushes. When on 

 the wing it spreads out its tail like a fan, but for which 

 peculiarity it would often escape notice. 



32. Calamonastes simplex (Cab.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 154. 



This remarkable little bird is fairly plentiful among the 

 low foot-hills, but I never noticed it on the upper ledges of 

 the Goolis. For so small a bird, it has a loud and almost 

 startling note, resembling the sound that would be produced 

 by striking two thin pieces of very hard dry wood together. 

 When first I followed up the sharp " click-clack, click-clack,'' 

 I was quite prepared to see a largish bird, but instead of 

 this, there was a tiny creature in an ecstasy of excitement 

 emphasising the two loud notes by raising itself up on the 

 first and coming sharply down on the second. The peculiar 

 up-and-down movement of our common Dipper when perched 

 upon a rock after a short flight will serve well as an illus- 

 tration of this bird's antics. 



33. Cratbropus smithi, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. iv. p. xli; 

 id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 487. 



This noisy bird is far oftener heard than seen, as it keeps 

 out of sight in the thick bushes. I have never noticed it on 

 the plain, but on the upper ledges of the Goolis it must be 

 fairly common. Its usual cry is a sort of harsh chattering. 



