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the scapularies and upon the wings : lower-parts barred with narrow 

 transverse dusky rays, each margining a broader rufous band ; tarse 

 almost spotless dull white : primaries and tail banded. Head and 

 neck (with aigrettes) rufous, each feather having a terminal 

 blackish spot, extending up more or less as a medial streak : 

 facial disk black-tipped ; and the radiating plumelets whitish, tinged 

 with rufous. 



# Buceros (Tockus, Lesson,) flavirostris, Eiippell. " A com- 

 mon bird, called by the Somal Kudwnkwtu, jk&dS. He makes a 

 loud quacking noise, not unlike a frog ; is fond of the jungle trees, 

 and is noisy about sunrise." 



*Promerops senegalensis (?), Vieillot : Nectarinia melanorhyn- 

 chos (?), Licht. " A bird with an offensive smell ; flies in flocks, 

 and feeds in acacia trees. It is numerous on the plateau." This 

 is distinct from the Cape species, Pit. erythrorhynchos, (Latham) ; 

 but may perhaps be the Abyssinian bird which Dr. Eiippell refers 

 to the latter (Systematische uebersicht, &c, p. 28). Beak black, but 

 red internally: not much curved, and measuring 2f in. (in a 

 straight line) from gape to point : wing 5-f- in. ; and middle tail- 

 feathers 9 in. The white spots on the wings and tail are consider- 

 ably more developed than in the Cape species, and extend quite 

 across six of the primaries, without being divided by black along 

 the shaft of the feather. The coloured glosses also are less splendid 

 than in the Cape bird, save chiefly on the throat. 



*Pr. mi^or, Eiippell. Two specimens, male and female ; the 

 latter having a considerably smaller and still more arched bill^ 

 " This bird makes a loud noise, and inhabits large trees, especially 

 the acacias." 



Dendrobates iETiiroPicus, (Ehrenberg). "Heard tapping the 

 hollow trees, like the Woodpeckers of Europe. These birds abound 

 on the plateau. They are called Daudaulay., ^jdj^, from the sound." 



*Dendromus Hemprichii, Ehrenberg). "This small "Wood- 

 pecker is commoner than the last, and also inhabits the plateau." 



*Cuiz^eris leucogaster, Eiippell. "Called in some parts of 

 the country Gobiyan, <^>Lx^; in others Fat, oLJ. It is a noisy 

 bird, with a loud cry, and has all the cunning of a Magpie when 

 pursued. It is fond of the thick trees on the banks of ravines. The 

 Arabs call this bird Kalcatua, and consider it a species of Parrot." 



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