On a Collection of Birds made in N. Somaliland. 291 
XII.— On a Collection of Birds made in Northern Somaliland 
by Mr. G. W, Bury. By D. A. Bannerman, B.A., 
M.B.O.U. 
The following paper is based on a collection of birds 
obtained by Mr. G. W. Bury in Northern Somaliland. 
Mr. Ogilvie-Grant had made arrangements that Mr. Bury 
should investigate the high ranges behind Cape Guardafui, 
making his way then by sea from Berbera to Bunder 
Mureya, and thence striking inland to the high ground, but 
unfortunately this plan had to be abandoned owing to 
numerous difficulties, the Italian Government refusing to 
grant him the necessary permission to land. Mr. Bury 
therefore confined his labours to the country between Dubar 
and Burao. The majority of the birds were obtained in the 
Waghar district, which he made his head-quarters from the 
end of June to November, 1905. 
Below I have given a list of the localities w hich he visited, 
together with the approximate dates and altitudes at which 
birds were collected. 
Dubar, 400 ft.May and June, 1905. 
' 3loko, 3000 ft.June and December 1905, and January 
1906. 
Libah Rajaz, 
Ragar, 
Ragar Plateau, 
Waghar, 6000 ft. 
Burao, 
June, 1905. 
. . .. ; June to November, 1905. 
.December 1905 to June 1906. 
Two new species were discovered, namely, a small Bail, 
Sarothrura buryi Grant, from Dubar; and a new Flycatcher, 
Muscicapa somaliensis Bannerman, from Waghar and 
Burao. 
The great value of this collection lies in the fact that a 
very large series of the birds was obtained in the hot 
summer months—May, June, July, and August, when very 
few collectors are in the field. Hence Mr. Bury secured 
examples of many species in summer-plumage which the 
British Museum did not possess before. 
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