collected on the Red Sea, 
341 
I found this beautiful species in dry localities, in dense salt- 
plant copses, near the strand about Berbera, Meid, Armati, &c. 
Manners and voice much like those of Drymoica . Very shy and 
swift. October and December. Not rare. 
[A true Sylvia , congeneric with Sf. suhalpina , S. conspicillata, 
&c.—E d.] 
29. CALAMOHERPk TURDOlDES. 
Young birds in August, on the woody island of Schech-said, 
near Massaua. 
30. Sylvia cinerea. 
Island of Dahalak, in August. 
31. Aedon minor (Cab.). (D., S.) 
October, Tadjura. 
32. Aedon familiaris (Menetr.). 
Tadjura. 
32 a. ? Calamoherpe pallida (Elirenb.). 
[Probably this species. Specimens collected in Spain by A. 
Brehm. differ by having the beak broader. Adult female from 
Tadjura.— Ed.] 
33. Saxicola saltatrix (Menetr.). (D., S., S.A.) 
34. Saxicola stapazina. (D., S., S.A.) Oct. and Nov. 
35. Saxicola melanura. (D., S.A.) 
36. Saxtcola deserti. 
Observed near Berbera. 
37. Motacilla alba. 
In flocks on the Somali coast at the end of November. 
38. Budytes flava. (D., S.) 
September to November. 
39. Cercotrichas erythroptera. (D., A.) 
40. Ixos arsinoe. (D.) 
41. Oriolus galbula. 
In September, on palms in the Asab bay (13° N.L.). 
