-»i Fauna : Birds 



Family Rallid^ 



Himantornis haematopus, I emm. 

 Ortygometra nigra, Gin. 

 Rallina oculea, Hartl. 

 Sarothrura pulchra (Gray). 



Family HelIORNITHID.^2 

 Podica senegalensis, Hartl. 



Family LariD/E 

 Sterna cantiaca, Gm. 

 S. fluviatilis, Norman. 

 Hydrochelidon nigra, Briss. 

 Rhynchops flavirostris, Vieill. 

 Stercorarius cephus, Brunn. 



Family ParriD/E 



Phyllopezus africanus, Gm. 



Parra africana. Collected by Sir H. H. Johnston at Grand 

 Basa (St. John'.s River), iS88. 



Family Charadriid.^ 

 Xiphidopterus albiceps. 



Lobivanellus albiceps, Gould ; Buttik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. 

 p. 236 (Sofore Place and Coboliaj ; id. Reisebilder Liberia, ii. 

 p. 428. 

 Xiphidopterus albieeps, Sharpe, Hand-list B, i. p. 150 (1899). 

 No. 2. S adult, Montserrado County, Feb. 25, 1905. 

 Bill and wattles yellow ; tip of bill black ; tarsi and feet pale 

 greenish grey ; iris yellow. 

 Vanellus inornatus, Swains. 

 Charadrius hiaticula, Linn. 

 C. cantiana, Lath. 

 C. forbesi, Shelley. 



Family SCOLOPACID.^ 



Numenius phaeopus, Linn. 

 Totanus glottis, Linn. 

 Tringoides hypoleucus. 



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