This book, 'The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri' by HO Forbes, 1903, was written by an expedition of scientists from Liverpool Museum (as World Museum Liverpool was then known) who travelled to Madagascar in 1898-99. It includes a details of how a unique bird specimen, described as a new species of starling (Necrospar leguati), was collected on Madagascar during the expedition, with an illustration of the specimen. The unique bird specimen described and illustrated in the book is part of the foundation collection of World Museum Liverpool.