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Show 458 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, given references to Von Heuglin's work on the birds of Northeastern Africa, as well as to the following papers on the birds of Somali-land:- G. E. S H E L L E Y . - " O n Mr. E. Lort Phillips's collection of Birds from Somali Land." Ibis, 1885, pp. 389-418, pis. x.-xii. E. O U S T A L E T . - " Catalogue des Oiseaux rapportes par M . G. Revoil de son deuxieme Voyage aux pays des Comalis (Afrique Orientale)." Bibl. de l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. no. 10, pp. 1-14 (1886). T. S A L V A D O R I . - " Uccelli del Somali raccolti da D. Eugenio dei Principe Ruspoli." Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. pp. 547-564. I have also referred to the excellent papers by Count Salvadori on the birds of Shoa, and to the recently published 'Vogel Deutsch-Ost-Afrika's ' of Dr. Reichenow. For the sake of convenience, I have followed the order adopted in m y papers on the collections made by Mr. F. J. Jackson (Ibis, 1891, pp. 233-260, 587-602; 1892, pp. 152-164, 229-322, 534- 555), so as to render a comparison possible between the avifauna? of the two districts. The present collection being the largest that has ever been made in Somali-land, I have taken the opportunity of giving in full the distribution of the species as stated by Heuglin, Salvadori, and Reichenow, so that we can now draw some conclusions as to the relations of the avifauna of Somaliland with that of the surrounding countries, which it has not been possible to do before. The localities of the specimens are mostly to be found in Dr. Smith's map ; but for the identification of those not mentioned there I have been indebted to the kindness of Mr. F. Gdlett, who accompanied Dr. Smith on his expedition, but who had to return to England from the Shebeli on receipt of the news of his father's death. H e brought the collections made up to the date of the return of the expedition to the Webi-Shebeli safely to the coast, and he has given m e the names of the different camping-places. Order PASSERES. Fam. CORVIDJE. 1. CORVULTUR CRASSIROSTRIS. Archicorax crassirostris (Riipp.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 507. Corvultur crassirostris (Riipp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 25 (1877); Salvad. Ann. Genov. (2) i. p. 205 (1884), vi. p. 302 (1886). a, b. d 2 ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 22, 1894. This large Raven is said by Heuglin to be an inhabitant of the mountains of Abyssinia, above 4000 feet, northwards to Hamasien, and eastwards to Qalabat and Takah, south to Shoa and the Somali plateaux, and thence, in the elevated districts, westwards from the Upper White Nile, Antinori found the species common |
