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great numbers together feeding on the orange andpaupau trees when 
the fruit is ripe. 
44. Coliiis striatus. Shotinthe garden of the Ras at Chelicut. I. O. i. 369, 
45. Loxia Malacca. I. O. i. 385. var.? if not new. On the coast of 
Abyssinia. 
46. Emberiza Capensis. I. O. i. 407. var. ] This I considered and have 
called in my first journal the common house sparrow of Abyssinia ; 
it builds under the eaves of the huts, and has the domestic manners 
of the English sparrow. 
47. Columba Guinea. I. O. ii. 602. This is the common domestic pigeon of 
Abys&inia ; hundreds are seen round the house of every chief and 
being generally well fed, they often afforded us an excellent meal. 
The Abyssinians also do not object to eating them. They have a 
bright red eye, and never vary in the plumage, 
48. Columba Abyssinica. I. O. Sup. p. Ix. Called in the country Waalia. 
A plate of it is given by Bruce, in tvhich the feet are too large, 
resembling more those of a hawk. This bird is eaten by the Abys- 
sinians. It is a wild bird, generally to be found among the daro 
trees near a stream : this specimen was shot at Ghella. 
42. Numida mitrata. The horn on the head of my specimen tvas destroyed 
by insects on its way to England, and Mr. Latham in consequence 
mistook it for the Meleagris. The horn is one inch and a half 
high, (^Mosambique, [and common in Abyssinia.) The Numida 
cristata is also found at Mosambique ; having a beautiful crest of 
black feathers on the head. I had tim of them alive, but was unfor- 
tunate enough to lose them. 
50. 51. Perdrix Rubricollis. I. O. ii. 602. Two specimens. Shot and 
given to me by the Bishop of Mosambique, at tvhich place th ey are 
common close even to the sea-side. 
52. Scolopax calidris, I. O. ii. 722. 25. l3. Killed at the bottom of 
the bay ofZeyla, on the outside of the Straights of Babelmandeb, by 
Mr^ Stuart. It resembles the common curlew in its habits, and feeds 
on the shores of the sea. 
51. Tringa senegalla. I. O. ii. 728. Killed in Abyssinia by the stream of 
the Seremai, in the vale of Logo. Its habits are like those of the 
