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ceros, to which utterly dissimilar animal, strange to say, 

 this little " dweller amongst the rocks " has been found 

 to be closely allied. To what particular species the 

 specimen (the only one shot by me in the immediate 

 vicinity of Annesley Bay) belongs, it is rather difficult 

 to say; but I shall enter into the subject in the part 

 especially devoted to Zoology. 



"We re-entered our boat, and beat slowly back to the 

 camp against a light sea-breeze. Soon after our visit 

 it became generally known that game abounded at the 

 head of the bay, and, in consequence, so many shooting- - 

 parties visited the spot that the animals became too 

 wild to allow any one to approach within a reasonable 

 distance. 



For several days I remained at the Malkatto camp, 

 and occupied myself in collecting specimens of birds, &c. 

 The most common land birds were larks, chats, and 

 shrikes. Of larks, no less than four species were com- 

 mon, Galerita cristata, Calendrella hrachydactyla, Cer- 

 ihilauda desertorum, and, perhaps most abundant of all, 

 a pretty little finch-like Pyrrhulauda (P. melanauchen, 

 Cab.). Two SaxicoloB abounded, S. deserti and S. isabel- 

 lina. Two shrikes also were common ; and, singularly 

 enough, both appear to belong to species hitherto almost 

 overlooked : the one a variety or local race of the Indian 

 Lanius lahtora, for which Dr. Finsch proposes the 

 name of L. fallax, and the other, the rare L. isdbelr 

 linus of Hemprich and Ehrenberg. A small Drymwca 

 {D. gracilis, Eiipp.) hid itself amongst the bushes. The 

 only other common land birds were wagtails {Motacilla 



