BIRDS 
315 
Desert Warbler {sylvia nana). 
Berbera Plain. 
Iris light yellow. 
Warbler {Hypolais languida). 
Silo Plain; Berbera Plain. 
Length 3 inches. Iris black ; first primary very pointed. 
Warbler {Hypolais pallida). 
Berbera; Guban. 
Iris hazel. 
Bush Warbler {Eremomela flavicrissalis). 
Dagaboor ; Sheik. 
Iris black. 
The Short-tailed Bush Warbler {Camaroptera hrevicaudata). 
Gulis. 
Iris light hazel ; pupil small ; orbit pinkish-brown ; legs flesh colour ; bill 
black ; female iris pale gray ; colour of plumage duller and more uniform ; 
throat whiter. 
Warbler {Camonastes simplex). 
Gulis. 
Iris hazel. 
Isabelline Warbler (Sylviella isahellina). 
Le Good. 
Head, entire upper parts, and tail dark slaty gray with a green tinge ; rump 
buff ; under parts buff- white ; bill black. Length 3*40 inches. 
Mrs. Phillips’ Blackbird (Merula ludovicim). 
Waggar Mountain. 
Head, neck, and tail black ; other parts slaty black ; legs and beak yellow ; 
iris brown. 
Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis). 
Sheik. 
Iris brown ; adult male head and neck ash blue ; scapulars blackish washed 
with blue ; centre of back white ; tail and upper tail-coverts light red ; 
throat ash-blue ; rest of under parts rufous orange. 
Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola cyanus). 
Sheik. 
Adult male : above dull blue ; silvery gloss on head and breast ; under parts 
dull blue ; iris black. Female : above gray -brown tinted with blue ; lower 
parts buff. 
Rock Thrush {Monticola rufocinereus). 
Sheik. 
Iris brown. 
(Irania gutturalis.) 
Gulis. , 
Iris brown ; upper parts slate gray ; lores and ear-coverts black ; eye-stripe 
white ; chin and upper throat white ; under parts chestnut ; bill black. 
