1855.] from tlie Somali country. 305 



loud Ka-ke-rdk. It is found in the plateau among heather" (low 

 herbage), " and is not so shy as the Indian bird" (meaning probably 

 the Likh of Bengal or ' Ploriken' of S. India, S. aurita). "Its 

 pair [the male «s] is smaller, and the feathers below the lower man- 

 dible are black." 



A small and undoubtedly new species, remarkable for its very 

 short tarsi. Plumage similar to that of a pale female S. eenga- 

 lensis ; but the neck tinged with ashy, and the crown more fully 

 crested: wings white underneath, but the long axillary feathers 

 black ; primaries dusky-brown, not banded ; the secondaries blacker ; 

 and a large white spot formed by the basal | of the coverts of the 

 primaries : throat speckled with black. Length of wing 9| in. ; of 

 tail 5 in. ; bill 1\ in. ; and tarse 2|- in. only. A female specimen, 

 to all appearance. 



" Lt. Speke also observed a large species of Bustard" (probably 

 Exjpodotis arabs). " Ostriches are found all over the Somali 

 country : they are very shy, and at about 3 p. m. disappear to hide 

 themselves for the night. The natives say that the Ostrich is blind 

 at night, and that they can then easily be killed." 



*(Edicnemus afeinis, Eiippell. Well distinguished from O. cre- 

 pitans. " Called Hedinhitu, y^&&*>, a name also given to a smaller 

 Plover. It is half blind during the day, and may almost be ridden 

 down, as it rises under the horse's hoofs with a loud cry. The eye 

 is a light yellow. Its habits correspond with those of the Indian 

 bird" (CE. crepitans). It is found in all the upper regions of the 

 Somali country. 



*Chenalopex iEGTPTiACUS, (L.) " Called Etal-Jaz, ^sr^l, 'who 

 lives at wells.' It was found on the plateau at a brackish spring, 

 and never observed on the coast." 



*Phalacrocorax lttgebris, Eiippell (Carlo melanogaster, cuv., 

 Par. Mus.) " A common palmipede, shot on the sea-shore." 



EEPTILIA. 



The reptiles consist of two Lizards and a Snake, neither of the 

 former full grown. 



# Agama rtjderata, Olivier (A. mutahilis, Merrem, &c.) A small 

 specimen apparently of this or a closely affined species, with tail 



