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85. Tringoides hypoleucus (L.)- 

 Febrnarj' and August, Sliir^ River and Kambwe. 



.^0. Aegialitis pallida (Strickl.). 

 In August on the isliores of Lake Nyassa. 



■ST. Aegialitis pecuarius (Temm.j. 

 A young bird shot in March on the Upper Shire River. 



88. Podiceps capensis Licht. 



April and June, Upper Shire River, i ad. " Beak black, with light yellow 

 patch at angle; iris hazel: legs and feet mottled dark horn-colour and green." 



89. Larus cirrhocephalus Vieill. 



i ad. July, Lake Malombe; juv. April, Fort John.ston. i ad. '• Bill red, 

 darker at tip; eyelids carnnculated and vermilion in colour; legs red, claws blackish 

 brown; iris light yellow. Stomach fish-bones. ? juv. Bill light yellowish brown, 

 tip darker; eyes light hazel ; feet clingy yellow, drop full of locusts." 



According to Howard Saunders, Ci.if. B. XXV., the American and African (iulls 

 of this form belong to the same species. 



no. Rhynchops flavirostris Vieill. 



The egg is 33-4 : 24-4 mm. long, pule yellowish green, all over lurgely jialched 

 with deep purplish brown and lower-lying greyish spots. 



01. Chenalopex aegyptiacus (L.). 



? . August, Kambwe, Lake Nvassa. '' Bill dull red, verging to browii:_ irides 

 reddish yellow; legs and tarsi yellowish white, washed with dull red, darker on the 

 feet. The stomach contained a helix, much grit, and pieces of shell." A fully 

 developed egg was extracted from the body: it is creamy white, and measures 

 65 : 44 mm. 



This undoubted /e/«a^e has the wing 14-1 inches long. Salvadori gives lii inches 

 as the length of the wing of the male, and says that, according to Finsch, the/emale 

 is smaller. 



9:^. Dendrocygna fulva (Gm.). 



? ad. April, Fort Johnston. "Bill dark grey, verging to black; eyes hazel; 

 legs, feet, and webs dark blue-grey. In flocks at dusk." Immature 6- October, 

 Upper Shirii River. '■ Bill dull French grey; iris dark brown; legs and feet steel- 

 blue. Stomach vegetable matter." 



93. Thalassornis leuconota (Smith). 

 ? ad- June, Lake Malombe. •• Beak with lortoiseshell mottliugs and streaks; 

 irides dark brown; legs dark steel-colour." 



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