BIRDS 
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Little Swift {Tachornis parva). 
Shebeyli. 
Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus). 
Hand. 
Iris black ; pupil white. 
Donaldson Smith’s Nightjar {Caprimulgus donaldsoni). 
Hargaisa. 
Very long rictal bristles ; red collar round back ; neck mottled. 
Nightjar {Caprimulgus inornatus). 
Zeilah ; Waggar Mountain. 
Iris black. Wing 6 inches ; tail 4*7 inches. 
Carmine-throated Bee-eater {Merops nubicus). 
Webbi Shebeyli; Gulis. 
Length 13^ inches. Tail red ; under parts pink ; iris dark red. 
Revoil’s Bee-eater {Merops revoili). 
Lehello. 
Length inches. Head, back, wings and tail metallic green ; rump bright 
blue ; chin white ; breast rufous. 
Common Bee-eater {Merops apiaster). 
Luku. 
Distinguished from other bee-eaters by its yellow forehead and throat and 
yellow scapulars ; iris red-brown. Length 11 inches. 
White-throated Bee-eater {Merops albicollis). 
Berbera. 
Iris red ; above pale green ; upper tail-coverts and tail pale blue ; forehead 
and a broad line over eye white, with a black band across lower throat, 
then a line of pale blue ; crown of head black ; throat white ; under 
wing-coverts pale buff ; bill black. Length 11 inches. 
Bee-eater {Melithophagus cyonostkhis). 
Shebeyli Eiver ; Gulis. 
Iris red. 
Somali Hoopoe ( Upupa somaliensis). 
Hargaisa; Well Wall; Odewein. 
Length 11 inches. Long yellow crest on head tipped with black ; head 
yellow ; back gray-brown ; rump white ; tail black and white ; wings 
barred with black and white ; iris yellow. 
Yellow-billed Wood Hoopoe {Rhinopomastes minor). 
Milmil ; Lehello. 
Length 7i inches. Curved yellow beak ; breast black ; back, wings, and 
tail dark blue ; white bar on wings ; iris brown. 
Wood Hoopoe {Irrisor erythorynchus). 
Shebeyli. 
Upper parts metallic green; ‘white bars on wings ; white spots on tail; bill 
curved ; bill and feet red ; iris brown ; legs dull pink. Length 15 inches. 
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