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SOMALILAND 
Red-throated Pipit {Anthus cervinus). 
Sogsoda. 
Iris hazel ; male rufous brown on upper parts ; broad eye-stripe rufous buff ; 
chin, throat, sides of neck, and breast chestnut. 
The Tree Pipit {Anthus trivialis). 
Sheik Husein. 
Legs and under mandible very light gray : iris dark brown ; eye-stripe buff ; 
upper parts brown, with darker streaks ; wing-coverts and secondaries 
dark brown ; chin white ; breast buff. 
Sun-bird {Anthrothreptes orientalis). 
Bugger Pass. 
Iris black. 
Sun-bird {Cinm/ris osiris). 
Maradyeh. 
Sun-bird {Cinnyris habessinicus). 
Sheik Pass. 
Iris light hazel. 
White-bellied Sun-bird {Cinnyris alhiventris). 
Berbera Plain. 
Iris dark brown ; lower breast, sides of abdomen, under tail-coverts, and 
thighs buff ; pectoral tufts orange and pale yellow ; tail metallic-black ; 
rest of plumage metallic black. 
Hunter’s Red-chested Sun-bird {Cinnyris hunteri). 
Of this little gem I collected a male on the Marehan waterless plain and a 
female at Eik. 
Male : back and wings dark olive green ; lesser wing-coverts and rump 
metallic green ; upper part of breast bright vermilion, surrounded by a 
thin fringe of metallic blue. The base of these red feathers of thp breast 
has a thin band of copper, showing in some lights green, in others yellow ; 
long curved black beak ; lower part of the breast and throat rich black ; 
legs black ; iris brown. Length 4f inches. 
Female : dull brown, breast tinged with green. 
Little Long-tailed Sun-bird {Nedarinia metallica). 
Maritime Plain. 
Head and back metallic gree-n ; rump and tail metallic blue ; breast brilliant 
orange and lemon yellow. 
Lesser Gray Shrike {Lanius minor). 
Guban. 
Back gray ; wing-coverts black ; quills black ; broad black band across fore- 
head ; under parts wdiite ; bill and feet black ; iris hazel. Length 
8 inches. 
Black and Gray Shrike {Lanius antinorii). 
Lehello. 
Length of skin 7^ inches ; head, wings, and tail deep black ; back light slate 
gray ; breast pure white. 
