62 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM ORNITHOLOGY, VOL. i. 



108. Cursorius somalensis. 



Cursorius gallicus somalensis. Shelley, Ibis, p. 415 (1885). 



Cursorius somalensis. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV, 

 P- 37- 



$ Dagahbur, Ogaden. Iris brown. Legs white. 



9 juv. Daboyeh, Ogaden. 



Very rare and only seen two or three times. 



The young bird is light buff generally, almost white on abdo- 

 men and lower tail coverts. Feathers of top of head have termi- 

 nal black spots. Back and wings barred with blackish-brown. 

 Throat whitish. Tail buff barred with brownish-black. Slight 

 superciliary stripe, buff. 



109. Rhinoptilus hartingi. 



Rhinoptilus hartingi. Sharpe, Bull. Orn. Club, No. in, p. 

 xiv (1893). Id. Cat., B. Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV, p. 46 (1896). 

 9 9 Toyo Plain. 



9 Silo Plain. 

 Not uncommon in open localities, generally going in pairs. 



no. Rhinoptilus cinctus. 



Cursorius cinctus. Heugl. , Syst. Uebers, p. 54 (1856). Id., 

 Orn. N. O. Afr., Vol. Ill, pi. i, p. 792 (1873). Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV, p. 46 (1896.) 



$ Haud. Iris brown, eyelids yellow. Legs creamy white. 



$ Dagahbur. Iris brown, eyelids yellow. Legs creamy white. 



Always met with in pairs, usually among clumps of bushes. 

 Very difficult to see when on the ground, as the birds remain 

 perfectly motionless until you are almost on them, when they 

 rise and with an awkward, ungainly flight, 'flap along a short dis- 

 tance and alight in a similar place to that from which they were 

 disturbed. It was always a surprise to me to flush these birds, 

 as the localities they frequented seemed so much more suitable 

 for a member of the Rasores than one of the Limicolae, and it 

 was a curious sight to see these long-winged birds flopping up 

 from places many miles removed from any water. 



FAM. CHARADRIID^:. 

 in. Stephanibyx coronatus. 



Charadrius coronatus. Bodd. Tab. PI. Enl., p. 49 (1783). 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Vol. -XXIV, p. 178 (1896). 

 $ $ Hullier. Legs and bill coral pink. 

 9 Hullier. 



