SOMALILAND 
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Somali Wheatear {Saxicola somalica). 
Doda. 
Rump uniform ash ; no rufous on wings ; iris brown. 
Wheatear {Saxicola cenanthus). 
Sheik Husein. 
Iris dark brown ; male : crown and upper parts gray-blue ; lores and ear- 
coverts black ; upper tail-coverts white ; tail black and white ; under 
parts buff- white. 
The Isabelline Wheatear {Saxicola isahellina). 
Silo Plain. 
Iris brown ; size large ; colour red-brown ; rufous brown on rump. 
Phillips’ Wheatear {Saxicola phillipsi). 
Bohologarshan. 
Iris dark brown. 
Wheatear {Saxicola morio). 
Waggar. 
Iris plain black. 
Desert Wheatear {Saxicola deserti). 
Berbera. 
Iris black ; head gray ; back and lower wing-coverts buff ; primaries black ; 
secondaries brown ; tail black ; under parts white. 
Black-tailed Chat {Saxicola melanura). 
Lehello. « 
Length of skin, 4f inches. Light brown, tail darker; breast whitish; iris 
black. 
Redstart {Ruticilla semirufa'). 
Sheik. 
Iris black ; very little white on forehead ; black on throat extends over 
chest ; rump and under parts deep chestnut. . 
Little Red-headed Warbler {Dryodromas smithii). 
Lehello. 
Length 4^ inches. Head rufous ; back and wings light brown ; tail black ; 
breast white ; iris light brown ; legs pink. 
Red-tailed Redstart or Fantail {L. leucoptera). 
Lehello. 
Length 5|- inches. Back and tail dark red ; iris black ; wings black and 
white ; breast white. 
Black-tailed Chat {M. melanura). 
Lehello. 
Length of skin, 4| inches. Colour light brown, tail darker ; breast whitish ; 
iris black. 
{Burnesia somalica.) 
Dagaboor ; Berbera Plain. 
Head and upper parts, wing-coverts, primaries and secondaries ashy brown ; 
under wing-coverts white ; tail ashy brown above, blue-gray beneath ; 
sides of face and under parts white ; bill black ; iris light hazel. Length 
5*90 inches. 
