BIRDS 
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Thick Knee ((Edknemus affinis). 
Sibi. ' 
Iris yellow ; base of bill and feet yellow. 
Common Thick Knee {(Edicnemus scolopax). 
Sogsoda. 
Iris yellow and large ; plumage mottled and striated with shades of buff and 
* brown. Length 16 inches. 
Courser {Bhinoptilus cinctus). 
Dagaboor; Gedais. 
Eyelids yellow ; legs cream ; iris dark brown. 
Somali Courser {Bhinoptilus hartingi). 
Eik. 
Length 8^ inches. Head, wings, and back speckled with light red-brown ; 
upper breast barred with two or three dark , brown lines ; lower breast 
yellow- white ; black tips to wings. 
Crab Plover {D romas ardeola). 
Sea shore, Berbera. 
Colour white, with a black patch between the wings ; wings black ; head 
mottled with black ; bill black and very strong ; legs black and very long ; 
feet half palmated. Length 1 foot 3 inches. 
Red-legged Plover {Chettusia coronata). 
Lehello. 
Length of skin, 12 inches ; brilliant red legs ; red and black beak ; back of 
head black and white ; back and wings yellow-gray ; tail white and black ; 
breast gray ; belly white. 
Spur-winged Plover {Hoplopterus spinosvs). 
Wells of Farfanyer ; Ogaden. 
Colour black and white ; strong spur on each wing ; iris red. 
Golden Plover (Charadrinus doininkus). 
Berbera. 
Back and wings blackish, and spotted all over with yellow ; axillaries white ; 
no hind-toe ; breast white in winter, black in breeding season ; forehead 
white ; tail barred with brown. 
Kentish Plover {JEgialitis cantiana) 
Berbera. 
Upper parts light brown-gray ; bill and claws black ; iris brown. Length 
6 inches. 
Common Ringed Plover {jEgialitis hiatkula). 
Berbera. 
Forehead and stripe behind each eye white ; fore-crown, lores, and under 
eye black ; chin, throat, and neck white followed by a black collar ; back 
brown ; lower breast white ; bill black and yellow ; legs orange. Length 
7’75 inches. 
