BIRDS 
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Bulbul {Pycnonotus arsino’e). 
Length of skin, 7 inches. Head and beak black ; back of tail and wings 
brown ; breast : upper light brown, lower white. Feeds on buds and 
fruits. 
Dodson’s Bulbul {Pycnonotus dodsoni). 
Sule Eiver. 
Under surface very white ; black on head and throat well defined ; back 
mottled black-brown ; fore-neck white ; iris black. 
The Little Bulbul {Phyllostrophus pauper). 
Shebeyli. 
Tail brown ; no olive shade in plumage ; iris red. 
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus phragmites). 
Las Durbar. 
Reed Warbler {Acrocephalus streperus). 
Las Durbar. 
Upper parts rufous brown ; chin and throat dull white ; breast and flanks 
pale buff. 
Thrush {Pratincola albifasciata) , 
Sheik Mohamed. 
Iris dark brown. 
Smith’s Babbling* Thrush {Crateropus smithii). 
Sheik Husein. 
Iris graj^-brown ; legs brown ; lores white ; throat and breast gray with 
white margins ; upper parts very dark. 
Babbling Thrush {Argya rubiginosa). 
Shebeyli. 
Tail brown ; no olive shade in plumage. 
Alymer’s Babbling Thrush {Argya alymeri). 
Hullier. 
Bill white ; iris cream ; bare skin about eye blue-white ; legs light brown. 
Flycatcher {Pachyprora bella). 
Le Good. 
a Iris yellow ; head and back dark blue -gray ; two white spots on forehead ; 
secondaries black, margined with white ; primaries dark brown ; black 
stripe from bill to nape ; throat white ; broad blue-black band across 
breast ; tail blue-black ; bill, tarsi, and feet black. Length 4‘50 inches. 
Flycatcher {Pachyprora orientalis). 
Sheik. 
Iris yellow. 
Flycatcher {Parisome boehmi). 
Hargaisa. 
Iris light yellow. 
