1901.] BIRDS FROM SOMALI-LAND. 301 



(1896) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1896, p. 82 ; Elliot, t. c. p. 33 (1897) : 

 Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 390 ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 59 ; 

 Peel, Somali-land, App. p. 306 (1900). 



No. 158. c? ad. Sheikh Abukadle, Feb. 9, 1899. Eye black and 

 yellow, eyelid bright yellow ; bill red. 



Nos. 210. $ ; 211, 212. S ad. Adadle, March 1, 1899. Eye 

 black and yellow, lid yellow ; bill red ; feet green. 



Nos. 225, 226. S 2 ad. Adadle, March 9, 1899. 



8. BUCHANGA ASSIMILIS. 



Buclianga assimilis Bechst. ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 401 ; Salvad, 

 Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) sliv. p. 555 (1894) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1895, p. 462 ; Lort PhiUips, Ibis, 1896, p. 76 ; Elliot, t. c. p. 33 

 (1897); Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 396; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, 

 p. 60 ; Peel, Somali-land, App. p. 306 (1900). 



Ko. 19. c? ad. Near Bulbar, Dec. 30, 1898. 



No. 72. 2 ad. Biji (1200 ft.). Jan. 15, 1899. 



No. 191. $ ad. Adadle, Eeb. 20, 1899. 



No. 198. d ad. Gan Liban (4700 ft.), Eeb. 23, 1899. 



No. 242. 2 ad. Gan Liban (5900 ft.), March 15, 1899. 



9. Gkanaxina hawkeei. 



Urceginthus ianthinog aster, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 408. 



Qranatina ianthinog astr a (nee. Eeichen), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 467 ; Elliot, t. c. p. 35 ; Hawker, t. c. p. 62 ; Peel, Somali-land, 

 App. p. 307 (1900). 



Qranatina haivJceri, Lort Phillips, Bull. B. O. C. viii. p. sxiii 

 (1898). 



No. 12. 2 ad. Bihen Dula, Dec. 27, 1898. 



No. 122. ■? 2 ad. Ania (4000 ft.), Eeb. 4, 1899. 



No. 123. cS ad. Ania (4000 ft.), Eeb. 4, 1899. 



No. 127. ? 2 ad. Ania (4000 ft.), Eeb. 4, 1899. 



No. 138. 2 ad. Ania (4000 ft.), Eeb. 5, 1899. 



10. Akapleotes melanotis. 



Anaplectes melanotis (Lafr.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 413 (1890); Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 35(1896). 



Nos. 121, 125. S 2 ad. Ania (4000 ft.), Eeb. 4, 1899. 



This species, which is the true A. melanotis and not A. hlundelli 

 Grant, seems to have hitherto been unrecorded from Somali-land. 

 The red on the head appears to vary slightly, being darker in some 

 individuals than in others. The female is greyish brown, with no 

 red on the back, but having red margins to the greater coverts and 

 primaries ; the under surface is dull white, slightly tinged with 

 ochreous brown on the fore neck and chest. Total length 6 inches, 

 culmeu 0"7, wing 3'2, tail 1*95, tarsus 1*08. 



It differs very conspicuously from the female of A. ruhriceps, as 

 it has none of the yellow colour on the head and throat. 



