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5. Oedicnemus vermiculatus Cab. 

 5 ad. Fort George, Lake Albert Edward, Tom, 26. 4. 18f»0. 



0. Hoplopterus spinosus (L.) 

 c? ?. Fort George, Lake Albert ; Edward, 26. 4. 1899, ?, Salt lake Kikorongo, 

 one day's march from Lake Albert Edward, 25. 4. 1899. 

 " Iris blood-red ; bill and feet black." 



7. Chettusia melanoptera (Cretzscbm.) 

 <? ?. Nairobe, British East Africa, 28. 1. 1809. 



" Iris lemou-yellow ; red ring of bare skin round eyes, more developed in the 

 male. Feet brownish-red, lighter on the thighs. Bill black." 



8. Chettusia inornata (Swains.) 

 ? ad. Lake Kikorongo, salt lake one day's march from Lake Albert Edward 

 2.'). 4. 1899. 



" Iris lemon-yellow, inwardly shaded with greeuisli ; bill and feet black." 



9. Ochthodromus asiaticus (Pall.) 

 ? ?. Athi Plain, British East Africa, 2.j. 1. 1899. 

 One of these shows beginning of moult on chest, the other not. 



10. Glareola pratincola (L.) 



Five males. Salt lake Kikorongo, Torn, 2.j. 4. 1899. 



Only one has the throat qnite unspotted, and in that specimen it is rather deej) 

 rusty buff. It would be interesting to investigate whether the Pratincole is really, 

 as it is supposed to be, merely a migrant in Africa, or if a special darker race is 

 resident in the Dark Continent. 



11. Gralaclirysea nuchalis (Gray). 



<? ad. Enguatuara on the Ituri River, 31. 5. 1899. 



" Iris dark brown. Feet copper red. Bill black with red base." Tliis bird 

 has the inner (not outer) webs of the secondaries white at base, its wing measures 

 6 inches I Cf Cat. B. Brit. Mus., v. XXIV. p. 64. Is G. emi/ii a different species ? 



12. Otis melanogaster RUpp. 

 <S ad. Nakabimba in Toru, Uganda Protectorate, 2. 4. 1899. "Iris brown ; 

 feet yellowish grey, becoming brownish grey below the knee, dark grey on the toes, 

 especially the middle one. Bill : upper jaw dark grey with yellowish grey edges, 

 lower yellowish grey." 



13. Fulica cristata Gm. 

 Lake Varangot ;(Toru), Uganda Protectorate, 16. 4. 1899. " Iris blood-red ; 

 feet slate-colour, darker on the joints and orange-red patches above the knees. Bill 

 pale grey with a bluish tmge. Bare patch on forehead greyish white, terminating 

 in two dark brown-red protuberances with orange-red tips." 



