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  I, 
  unit. 
  11. 
  l'.. 
  Harnrs 
  on 
  tlw 
  lUrds 
  of 
  Atfcn. 
  

  

  at 
  llus\\;ih 
  on 
  thr 
  'J(<th 
  (\Molior 
  ; 
  he 
  soul 
  thotu 
  io 
  \\\c 
  h\ 
  n 
  

   Somali, 
  who. 
  not 
  luMni;' 
  iMc 
  to 
  tinil 
  uiv 
  luu>i;alo\\ 
  . 
  throw 
  (honi 
  

   :n>;\y. 
  lUMlosi'viboil 
  ihtMn 
  :\vS 
  biMUii' 
  nuioh 
  hnuor 
  than 
  thoso 
  

   foimil 
  in 
  (loKlnuMV 
  \ 
  alloy, 
  and 
  as 
  havinii' 
  Maokish 
  hoatls. 
  Ho 
  

   did 
  not 
  niMiov^ 
  tho 
  oolonr 
  o( 
  tho 
  unilov 
  tail-oovorts. 
  Those 
  

   must 
  haxohoon 
  thohiuls 
  alhuloil 
  io 
  h\ 
  Major 
  Yorlmrv 
  [' 
  Ibis.' 
  

   lS(>(i. 
  p. 
  \:\ 
  

  

  i;>. 
  Ouioi.i 
  s 
  I. 
  VI 
  lu 
  \ 
  \. 
  l-inn. 
  

  

  .Vn 
  innnatniv 
  nialo 
  o\' 
  tho 
  TioKlon 
  (.^liolo 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  

   Laljoj 
  on 
  tho 
  .'Jlst 
  Ootohor. 
  ami 
  sout 
  in 
  to 
  i»io 
  by 
  Sm'iioou- 
  

   Captaiu 
  Havtlott. 
  It 
  was 
  so 
  fat 
  and 
  so 
  tioooinposod 
  that 
  it 
  

   was 
  a 
  most 
  nuploasant 
  task 
  skimiiuij 
  it. 
  

  

  Tho 
  foUowinji' 
  aro 
  tho 
  nu\isuivu\outs 
  : 
  — 
  Ijongth 
  10 
  inohos, 
  

   oxpanso 
  iTOo. 
  winij 
  oo. 
  (ail 
  O-?."). 
  bill 
  at 
  front 
  Oi>. 
  bill 
  at 
  

   gajH^ 
  l-Xl. 
  r>ill 
  blaokish 
  : 
  lojrs 
  and 
  foot 
  dull 
  blaok. 
  

  

  41. 
  S 
  vMooi 
  \ 
  iVN 
  AN 
  rnv. 
  l.inn. 
  

  

  Tho 
  Whoatoar 
  is 
  a 
  fairly 
  oonuwou 
  oold-woathor 
  visitor. 
  

   My 
  tirst 
  s\Hviniou 
  was 
  obtained 
  on 
  the 
  8th 
  tV^tober 
  at 
  Kas 
  

   Tai-shiue. 
  Steawier 
  Point. 
  Surgvon-Captain 
  l>artloti 
  sent 
  

   )ue 
  another 
  tVon\ 
  Laliej, 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  .'Jlth 
  Oetober, 
  and 
  

   infvM-nuHl 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  also 
  !?ivi\ 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  Isthmus 
  on. 
  the 
  

   X\">th 
  tV^tolHM'. 
  a>i 
  he 
  was 
  leavimr 
  I'or 
  Laliej. 
  

  

  They 
  eontinnevl 
  fairly 
  eoniiuon 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  eold 
  

   season. 
  

  

  A 
  male 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  Sth 
  t^otober 
  measured: 
  — 
  Length 
  (v(i 
  

   inehes, 
  expanse 
  1 
  1 
  "9. 
  wing 
  o-j). 
  tail 
  .0'(>. 
  tarsus 
  l:J. 
  bill 
  at 
  gape 
  

   05\ 
  bill 
  at 
  front 
  t)r>:J. 
  Hill, 
  leg-s, 
  and 
  feet 
  blaek 
  ; 
  iris 
  blaek. 
  

  

  lo. 
  Svxicoi.v 
  ST.vr 
  vjix.v 
  (Vieill.V 
  

  

  I 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  overlooked 
  the 
  oeenn\ 
  nee 
  of 
  this 
  Chat, 
  

   althongh 
  Major 
  Verbnrv 
  found 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  reg\ilar 
  tvld- 
  

   weather 
  visitant. 
  

  

  •K>. 
  S.vxieoi-.v 
  ri.vsen.\xK,\ 
  J,epeeh.^ 
  ; 
  Oates. 
  l>. 
  Ind. 
  ii. 
  

   p. 
  « 
  o. 
  

  

  I 
  met 
  with 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  speeimen 
  of 
  the 
  Siberian 
  Chat 
  

   during 
  my 
  two 
  years' 
  wsideuee 
  at 
  Aden 
  ; 
  this 
  was 
  inside 
  

   Has 
  Morbat 
  Fort, 
  on 
  the 
  X!9th 
  >L\rv'h. 
  It 
  se^nued 
  to 
  ivstriet 
  

   itself 
  to 
  a 
  vevv 
  eontined 
  area, 
  never 
  being 
  met 
  with 
  ontside 
  

  

  