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Show 174 ON BIRDS FROM SOCOTRA. [Jan. 18, 29. iEoiALiTis CURONICA (Beseke). " Common on the streams."-7. B. B. 30. iEGIALITIS CANTIANA (Lath.). "Common on the streams."-7. B. B. 31. TOTANUS CANESCENS (Gm.). "Abundant on the Deheni river."-7. B. B. 32. TRINGOIDES HYPOLEUCUS (Linn.). " Met with on the upper part of the stream in Gollonsir valley." - 7 . B. B. 33. GALLINAGO GALLINAGO (Linn.). One example of this species, preserved in spirit, is in the collection. " Often seen in the marshes at the mouths of the rivers."-I, B. B. 34. DROMAS ARDEOLA, Payk. "This bird was met with on the shore at the mouth of the river at Gollonsir, where it was frequent."-7. B. B. ix. GAVIJE. 35. L A R U S AFFINIS, Reinhardt. Larus affinis, Saunders, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 171. "Common on the shore in the vicinity of ' Cadhoop' village. I did not see them either near Gollonsir village or near Hadibu." - 7. B. B. Mr. Howard Saunders has kindly taken considerable trouble with the single specimen of this Gull obtained. It is in immature plumage, "an unusually large specimen, but not of 7. marinus, as a casual observer might suppose." 36. STERNA BERGII (Licht.). Sterna bergii, Heuglin, Orn. N.A. ii. p. 1436. " On shores at Cadhoop and between that village and Hadibu. Common."-7. B. B. CONCLUSIONS AS TO THE SOCOTRAN AVIFAUNA. The examination of the collection shows at once that, so far can judge of it by its birds, Socotra, as might have been anticipated, belongs to the same fauna as North-eastern Africa. The island has, however, been sufficiently long separated from Cape Gardafui to allow of a certain number of species becoming differentiated, unless indeed, as is not improbable, these shall be hereafter found to exist also in Somaliland, the ornithology of which is still very imperfectly known to us. Putting aside all the birds in the previous list, except the Passeres, |