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in the Somali country , Eastern Africa. 
20. Poliospiza tristriata, Bp. Serinus tristriatus , Riippell. 
Shot on tlie mountains, where they fly about in flocks like 
English Sparrows. 
21. Pyrrhulauda leucotis (Stanley). 
This delicate little bird I found only at Bunder Goree, feeding 
on the sand in front of the huts. The hen bird has no black 
upon the breast. 
22. Laniarius cruentus (Ehrenberg). Somali name, Idatnis. 
23. Platysteira senegalensis (L.). 
24. Saxicola isabellina, Riippell. 
25. Saxicola melanura, Temminck. 
These two Wheatears I found on the Plateau. 
26. Dicrurus lugubris, Ehrenberg. 
A King Crow, with habits like the Indian one. Irides red. 
27. Nectarinia iiabessinica, Ehrenberg. 
A beautiful species of Honeysucker, whose lustrous metallic 
feathers, when flitting in the sun, endeavouring to extract seed 
from the bells of flowers, are resplendently gaudy. 
28. Nectarinia albiventris, Strickland, Jardine^s Contr. 
Orn. 1852, pi. 86, p. 42. 
Male and female. These Creepers, like the last, inhabit the 
Plateau, and are always found in company with them, flying 
about shrubs, plants, and flowers. Mr. Blyth says, this species 
has only been obtained in the Somali country. 
29. Pterocles senegalensis (Latham). P. guttatus, Licht¬ 
enstein. The Rock-Pigeon or Sand-Grouse. Somali, Fuku . 
These birds are found on the Plateau in large flocks, and in 
habits correspond with the Indian bird of the same size. 
30. Pterocles ltchtensteini, Temminck. 
This bird frequents hills, like the Indian Pterocles fasciatus , 
the Painted Rock Pigeon of sportsmen, which it generally re¬ 
sembles ; but it is readily distinguishable upon comparison, being 
a considerably larger bird, and richer in its markings. At first 
sight I mistook it for the Indian bird. 
