FAFXl OF SEXAFE— BIRDS. 4.5 



where they are allowed, with but few exceptions, to live 

 unmolested, is nowhere more conspicuous than in the 

 numbers and comparative tameness of the raptorial birds. 

 Bruce relates an instance of the boldness and rapacity 

 of a lammergeyer in seizing meat actually being cooked, 

 which exceeds anything I heard of. 



I noticed no owls, parrots, or woodpeckers at Senafe, 

 and the only barbet was Pogonorhynchus itndatus. I 

 never met with any cuckoo, nightjar, roller, or kingfisher. 

 The Abyssinian representative of the Alpine swift {Cyp- 

 selus cequatorialis) abounded at the back of Senafd rocks. 

 Irissor erythrorhynchus was common in small flocks 

 on Akiib Teriki. IN^ear Senafe I first met with the great 

 Abba Gamba (Bucorvus ahyssinicus), that most astounding 

 of birds, belonging to a group exceptionally framed for 

 a life in trees, and in general purely frugivorous, but 

 itself dwelling on the groimd and feeding on insects. 

 Tockus Hemprichii (T. limhatus of Riippell) also oc- 

 curred, replacing T. Jlavirostris of the passes, which at 

 this season did not ascend so high. Three sun-birds were 

 met with, Xectarinia affinis, the superb N. Tacazze, and 

 X. cruentata, the last rare. 



Lanius humeralis was the common shrike, Laniarius 

 erythropterus being far irom rare in the bushes. I occa- 

 sionally saw that curious dull-coloured flycatcher Brady- 

 ornis chocolatina, besides the little Platysteira j^ririt. 

 The Abyssinian thrush [Tiirdus simensis) abounded, and 

 T. olivacinus, a bulbul {Pycnonotus arsinoe), Crateropus 

 leucopygius, and several DrymcBcce were met with. 

 Amongst the chats, Saxicola lugens and S. isabellina 



