BIRDS 
309 
Red Bishop Bird {Pyromelana oryx). 
Found nesting at Bally Maroli. 
Back of head, back, and upper breast brilliant vermilion ; wings and tail 
brown ; front of face and lower breast deep black. 
Red-breasted Finch {Pyromelana franciscana). 
Webbi Shebeyli. 
Above bright red ; crown, sides of face, and lores black ; cheeks, throat, and 
breast bright red ; remainder of under surface black, except flanks, vent, 
and under tail-coverts, which are red ; lesser wing-coverts brown ; bill 
black ; feet red. Length 4*5 inches. 
Black and Yellow Bishop Bird {Pyromelana xanthomelcena). 
Budda. 
Colour rich velvet black ; rump and shoulders rich yellow ; feet light brown ; 
iris dark brown. Length 5| inches. 
Yellow-throated Sparrow {Petronia pyrgita). 
Webbi Shebeyli. 
Iris dark brown ; colour uniform brown. Size large ; length 6 inches. 
Sparrow {Passer castanopterus). 
Berbera. 
Above ash-brown with an olive tinge ; under surface bright yellow. 
Length 5’2 inches. 
Gray-headed Sparrow {Passer diffnsus). 
Sheik. 
Head and neck gray ; wing-coverts, rump, and back dark brown ; chin, 
throat, and flanks pale brown ; belly dirty white ; bill black. Length 
5 inches. 
Yellow-bellied Canary {Serinus maculkolUs). 
Lehello. 
Breast yellow ; back gray ; forehead yellow ; thick beak ; throat white, 
brown band round throat ; lower breast w’hite. 
Donaldson Smith’s Seed Finch {Serinus donaldsoni). 
Smith Eiver. 
Primaries brown ; back yellow and brown ; breast light yellow ; iris dark 
brown; bill flesh- colour and very thick; flanks streaked with dusky 
blackish ; no yellow frontal patch, but eyebrow yellow. Size large. 
White-browed Finch {Poliospiza pallidior). 
Sheik. 
Very gray on breast and sides of body ; abdomen white ; bill dark. 
Bunting {Emberiza poliopleura). 
Sheik Husein ; Hand. 
Iris dark brown. 
