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SOMALILAND 
Finch {Tephrocorys riificeps). 
Sheik Mohamed. 
Legs and iris brown. 
Mrs. Phillips’ Finch (Rhynchostmthus louisce). 
Ear coverts and cheeks, sides of neck, and breast ashy-gray ; no white 
cheek spot ; wings green and yellow ; primaries black ; tail black and 
yellow ; bill thick, short, and lead-coloured. 
Rock Bunting {Fringillaria septemstriata). 
Waggar Mountain. 
Iris black. 
Rock Bunting {Fringillana tahapisi). 
Waggar Mountain. 
Iris brown ; head and throat black, head striped with white ; back light 
brown ; belly lighter. 
Lark {Spizorcorys per sonata). 
Sassabanah. 
Breast and abdomen vinous ; ear-coverts and sides of neck gray ; lores black. 
Bush Lark {Mirafra intercedens). 
Dagaboor ; Ogaden. 
Dr. Sharpe’s Bush Lark {Mirafra sharpii). 
Silo Bun. 
Head rufous ; feathers have black spot at tip ; nape and sides of neck dark 
rufous, feathers edged with pale buff ; back dark rufous ; rump similar to 
back ; primaries light chestnut ; throat and sides of neck white ; breast 
buff-streaked and spotted with brown-black, lower parts pale buff ; length 
6*10 inches. 
Elliot’s Lark {Galerita ellioti). 
Dagaboor. 
Top of head pale rufous with crest ; primaries dark brown ; secondaries 
black-brown ; upper tail coverts buff with black central streaks ; front 
white, breast pale buff' spotted with black ; under parts pale white ; length 
6*40 inches. 
Lark {Pyr rhula uda mela mrchen). 
Berbera. 
Male : wing 3*05 inches ; tail 1*95 inches; tarsus 0‘7 inch. Female: wing 
3’1 inches; tail 1’95 inches ; tarsus 0’75 inch. 
Gillet’s Lark {Mirafra gilleti). 
Eik. 
Light ashy-brown rump and upper tail-coverts ; long crest on head. 
Somali Short-toed Lark {Alaudida somalica). 
Berbera Plain. 
Back light brown ; small crest on head ; breast lighter ; dark band round 
throat of male. 
