FEB. 1897. EAST AFRICAN COLLECTION OF BIRDS ELLIOT. 63 



This was one of the most familiar species met with. It 

 appeared to be generally distributed about the country, and was 

 always drawing attention to itself by incessantly screaming when 

 on the wing. On the ground, they usually were silent, 

 running a short distance and then standing motionless regarding 

 the intruder on their domains. The instant however they took 

 wing, they began to utter their shrill cry, and never ceased their 

 clatter until they again alighted. They were heard during the 

 day, and also at all times of the night, vociferating their dis- 

 pleasure at anything, whether man or beast, that disturbed them 

 in their avocations. 



112. Oxyechus tricollaris. 



Charadrius tricollaris. Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., Vol. 

 XXVII, p. 147 (1818). Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV, 

 p. 247 (1896). 



9 9 Las Durban. Iris light brown, eyelids vermilion. Legs 

 yellow ochre. 



Only met with on the seashore near Berbera. 



1^3. Terekia cinerea. 



Scolopax cinerea. Giildenst. Nov. Comm. Petrop. , Vol. XIX, 

 p. 473, pi. 19 (1774). Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV, 

 p. 474 (1896). 



$ $ $ Berbera. 



Killed out of a flock upon the beach near Berbera. 



114. Limonites minuta. 



Tringa minuta. Leisl in Bechst. Natuurg. Deutschl. Nachtr. 

 Vol. I, p. 74 (1812). 



Limonites minuta. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV, 

 p. 538 (1896). 



$ Berbera. 



Obtained on the beach at Berbera. 



115. Pelidna alpina. 



Tringa alpina. Linn. Syst. Nat., Vol. I, p. 249 (1766). 

 Pelidna alpina. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV, 

 p. 602 (1896). 

 $ Berbera. 

 On the beach at Berbera. 



