FEB. 1897. EAST AFRICAN COLLECTION OF BIRDS ELLIOT. 61 



then suggested that Mr. Akeley should lie down some distance 

 ahead on the plain, and Dodson should flush the birds, which in 

 their flight might go near enough to the oue in ambush for a shot. 

 The ruse was successful and the specimen obtained was brought 

 down at long range. It is a very handsome bird, and never be- 

 fore, I believe, procured in Somali land. 



105. Trachelotis canicollis. 



Otis canicollis. Reichen. Orn. Centralbl., p. 79 (1881). 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIII, p. 309 (1894). 



$ Shilmaleh, near Toyo Plain. Iris brown, legs white. 



9 Shilmaleh, near Toyo Plain. 



This, the third species of bustard procured, was obtained at 

 a mid-day camp north of Toyo on our return to Adadleh. The 

 pair were together and flushed amid some trees and bushes near 

 where we stopped for lunch. A few more were seen in other 

 places, but it seemed to be a rather rare species in the country. 



Two other species of bustards were seen by us but not obtained, 

 the Great Bustard, O. tarda, and the Lesser Bustard, probably 

 T. tetrax, but I never could get near enough to it to be sure that 

 it was correctly identified. 



ORDER LIMICOL.E. 

 FAM. 



106. /Edicnemus affinis. 



^Edicnemus affinis. Riipp. Mus. Senck., Vol. II, p. 210(1837). 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV, p. 17 (1896). 



9 near Berbera. 



Occasionally met with at various points on our journey, but 

 nowhere common. 



FAM. CURSORIID^:. 



107. Dromas ardeola. 



Dromas ardeola. Paykull K. Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 

 XXVI, pp. 182, 188, Tab. 8 (1805). 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., Vol. XXIV, p. 28 (1896). 



$ Berbera. 



Shot out of a flock on the seashore, and the only time the 

 species was seen. 



