DR. O. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
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APPENDIX II. 
Supplemental Remarks on the Birds collected by Mr. Jesse. 
By Orto Finscu, Ph.D., C.M.Z.S. 
Since the foregoing pages were written nearly a year has passed, and during that interval 
the ornithology of this part of our globe has become enriched to an extraordinary extent- 
by important contributions. I may mention that our work on the birds of East Africa, 
cited before, has been finished, and that von Heuglin’s valuable publication on the 
ornithology of North-east Africa' made good progress. But of far greater interest to 
our present subject is the appearance of Mr. W. ‘I. Blanford’s ‘ Geology and Zoolcgy 
of Abyssinia’?. The author, well known as a zealous and intelligent naturalist from his 
researches in India, accompanied the army, by permission of the Government of Bombay, 
from the beginning of December 1867 till it reached Magdala, and afterwards made, 
together with Mr. Jesse, the trip through the Bogos country. The ornithological 
portion of his most interesting book (pp. 285-443) proves that this branch of zoology 
was treated with especial care, and that his endeavours were successful in a high 
degree. Many valuable notes on habits, distribution, on the colours of the naked 
portions, eye®, &c., testify the author's capacity for observing animals in a wild state; 
and we must also congratulate Mr. Blanford on the excellent and critical manner in 
which his work is executed. 
‘The total number of species of birds collected by Mr. Blanford was 293, amongst 
which were 101 not obtained by Mr. Jesse; but we must not forget that Mr. Blanford 
arrived about two months earlier, that he traversed the highlands (the most inter- 
esting portion of Abyssinia so far as regards animal life) to a far greater extent than 
Mr. Jesse could do, and that the collection of the last-named naturalist contained, 
nevertheless, twenty-eight species not noticed by Mr. Blanford. These are the follow- 
ing:—Vultur fulvus, Aquila imperialis, Bubo ascalaphus, Otus brachyotus, Strix 
flammea, Cypselus caffer, Cotyle fuligula, Trogon narina, Halcyon chloris, Hypolais 
olivetorum, Thamnobia albifrons, Saxicola stapazina, Cossypha gutturalis, Turdus pelios, 
Platystira senegalensis, Campephaga phenicea, Amydrus tenuirostris, Cursorius chalco- 
‘ Ornithologie Nordost Africas, der Nilquellen u. Kiisten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres und des nérdlichen 
Somal-Landes yon M. Th. von Heuglin. Cassel: Theodor Fischer. This work is published in liyraisons, of 
which thirteen have appeared, embracing the orders Accipitres and Passeres to the family Corvide, including 
421 species. ‘ 
2 «Observations on the Geology and Zoology of Abyssinia made during the progress of the British Expedition 
to that Country in 1867-68.” By W.T. Blanford. With Illustrations and Geological Map. London: 
Macmillan & Co. 1870. 
> T cannot omit to remark that, singularly enough, in many cases the notes of the two naturalists relating to 
these subjects differ more or less. In some cases where the one says “iris brown,” the other notices “iris 
red” or “yellow.” 
