BIRDS 
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Kingfisher {Ispidina picta). 
Mount Kuldush. 
Bill and legs orange ; iris brown. 
Phillips’ Roller (Coracias lorti). 
Leferuke ; Sheik ; Hargaisa. 
Legs yellow. 
White-naped Roller {Coracias ncevia). 
Gedais. 
Upper parts red-brown with olive gloss ; under parts dull brown streaked 
with white ; wings dull green ; tail dark blue ; cheeks red with white 
streaks ; bill black. Length 13 inches. 
Common Roller {Coracias garrula). 
Hargaisa ; Ogaden. 
Length of skin, 12 inches. A strikingly handsome bird ; back of head and 
under parts green; cheeks and chin lilac; back brown; rump, lesser 
wing-coverts and secondaries Oxford blue ; median'wing-coverts and tail 
Cambridge blue ; the two outer feathers of the tail elongated. 
PSITTACI (Pareots). 
Red-bellied Parrot (P. rufiventris) . 
Hargaisa ; Ogaden and the Boorgha country. 
Length of skin, 85 inches. Head, back and wings green-gray ; upper part 
of breast rufous gray ; lower part brilliant orange ; under tail-coverts 
and rump brilliant green. 
STRIGES (Owls). 
Little Owl {Carine spilogaster) . 
Eik. 
Length of skin, 6 | inches. Back and wings a tawny brown with large 
spots of white ; back of head and neck dull yellow ; chin white ; breast 
white slashed with tawny brown ; claws well feathered with yellowish- 
white ; beak yellow ; iris yellow. 
Verreaux’s Eagle Owl {Bubo lacteus). 
Galadi ; Sheik Mohamed. 
This magnificent owl has a general colour of brownish-gray ; a white mark 
from shoulder half-way down back ; on wing- coverts several white 
blotches ; cere blue-gray ; bill ash ; eyelid pink ; iris dark brown. Length 
26 inches. 
Pigmy Owl {Glaucidium perlatwm). 
Barror Mountain. 
Bill green-yellow ; iris straw. 
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