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Show 1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 473 Heuglin gives the range of this little species as along the African coast of the Red Sea and on the Dahlak Islands. Without doubt, he says, it will be found to occur on the coast of Hedjas, and near Berbera in Somali-land. Thus Heuglin's prophecy as to its occurrence at Berbera has been fulfilled by Dr. Donaldson Smith. Fam. MOTACILLID^E. 44. MOTACILLA VIDUA. Motacilla vidua, Sund. : Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 317 (1869) Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 488 (1885); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 200 (1894). a, b. Imm. Shebeli, Aug. 28, 1894. Iris brown. Resident in North-eastern Africa, according to Heuglin, but very local. Found in pairs in Southern Egypt and Nubia, southwards to Assouan, only along the Nile. It is also found on the White Nile, on the Atbara, the Azrag, and according to Riippell in Abyssinia. Dr. Reichenow gives many localities, ranging from the Pangani River and Ugogo to the Victoria Nyanza. 45. MOTACILLA FLAVA. Motacilla flava, Linn. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 320(1869); Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 516, pi. vi. figs. 3-5 (1885). Budytes fiavus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 166 (1884); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 200 (1894). fl. 2 ad. Sheik Husein, Sept, 19, 1894. Iris and feet dark brown; bill black, the base of the under mandible yellow-ochre. Heuglin found Yellow Wagtails in Egypt, Arabia, Nubia, on the White Nile and Gazelle Rivers, in Abyssinia and Bogos-land, and on the Somali coast. In Shoa, Antinori met with it in November, and again on the 1st of May at Mahal-Uonz. Dr. Reichenow gives a long list of localities in East Africa from which he has seen specimens. 46. ANTHUS TRIVIALIS. Anthus arboreus (Gm.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 324 (1869). Anthus trivialis (Linn.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 543 (1885); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 588; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 199 (1894). a. d ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 29,1894. Iris dark brown ; legs and under mandible very light grey. A somewhat scarce winter visitant in Egypt, according to Heuglin. Hemprich and Ehrenberg met with it in Nubia and Arabia, and Lefebvre in September at Schirie in East Abyssinia. Mr. Jackson procured it on Mt. Elgon at 8000 feet in February, and Dr. Reichenow records it from Kakoma. |
