1895.] FBOM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 473 



Heuglin gives the range of this little species as along the 

 African coast of the Eed Sea and on the Dahlak Islands. Without 

 doubt, he says, it will be found to occur on the coast of Hedjas, 

 and near Berbera in Somali-land. Thus Heuglin's prophecy as 

 to its occurrence at Berbera has been fulfilled by Dr. Donaldson 

 Smith. 



Fam. MoTACiLLiD.i). 



44. MOTACILLA TIDUA. 



Motacilln vidua, Sund. : Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 317 (1869) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 488 (1885); Eeichen. Vcig. 

 Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 200 (1894). 



rt, 6. Imm. Shebeli, Aug. 28, 1894. Iris brown. 



Resident in North-eastern Africa, according to Heuglin, but 

 very local. Found in pairs in Southern Egypt and Nubia, south- 

 wards to Assouan, only along the Nile. It is also found on the 

 White Nile, on the Atbara, the Azrag, and according to Riippell 

 in Abyssinia. Dr. Eeichenow gives many localities, ranging from 

 the Pangani Eiver and Ugogo to the Victoria Nyanza. 



45. MOTACILLA FLAVA. 



MotacUla Jiava, Linn. ; HeugL Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 320(1869); 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 516, pi. vi. figs. 3-5 (1885). 



Bwlytesflf .as, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 166 (1884); 

 Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 200 (1894). 



a. 2 ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 19, 1894. Iris and feet durk 

 brown ; bill black, the base of the under mandible yellow- 

 ochre. 



Heuglin found Yellow Wagtails in Egypt, Arabia, Nubia, on 

 the White Nile and Gazelle Kivers, in Abyssinia and Bogos-laud, 

 and on the Somali coast. 



In Shoa, Antinori met with it in November, and again on the 

 1st of May at Mahal-Uonz. Dr. Eeichenow gives a long list of 

 localities in East Africa from which he has seen specimens. 



46. Anthits tbivialis. 



Anihus arhoreus (Gm.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 324 (1869). 



Anthus trivialis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 543 

 (1885) ; id. Ibis, 1891, p. 588 ; Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. 

 p. 199 (1894). 



a. c? ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 29, 1894. Iris dark brown ; legs 

 and under mandible very light grey. 



A somewhat scarce winter visitant in Egypt, according to 

 Heuglin. Hemprich and Ehrenberg met with it in Nubia and 

 Arabia, and Lefebvre in September at Schirie in East Abyssinia. 

 Mr. Jackson procured it on Mt. Elgon at 8000 feet in February, 

 and Dr. Eeichenow records it from Kakoma. 



