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Belgian Congo) have this abdominal band somewhat less developed 

 than do specimens from Tanganyika Territory and Rhodesia, and 

 are thus, in a sense, intermediate between senegalJus and lateralis. 



Gyldenstolpe ^° also notes this of a bird from Rutshuru Plains, 

 eastern Belgian Congo. 



Reichenow ^^ records senegallus from Bussissi, Magango, and 

 Karagwe, from all of which regions he also lists lateralis. These 

 records undoubtedly all refer to the latter. 



In coloration this species varies but little. The extent posteriorly 

 of the white crown patch is the most variable character, but is en- 

 tirely individual. The width of the terminal black areas on the 

 outer secondaries also differs in dilTerent birds, being of course, vastly 

 greater in senegallus than in lateralis^ but yet not at all constant 

 within each subspecies. Young birds have no white on the top of 

 the head and but little black on the throat. The cheeks and sides of 

 the head in adults vary from white to light grayish- white, always 

 with black streaks ; the breast likewise varies in darkness. 



Three males of major have wings 235-251 millimeters long; while 

 two females have them 231-234 millimeters. Four males of senegal- 

 lus measure 228-232 ; and three females 222-232 millimeters. 



The wattled plover was observed at the following localities: The 

 Abaya Lakes, March 18-26, 82 birds ; near Gardula, March 26-29, 4 

 seen ; and Gato River, March 29 to May 17, 2 noted. 



SARCIOPHORUS TECTUS TECTUS (Boddaert) 



Charadrius tectus Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Eulum., p. 51, 17S3 : Senegal (from 

 Daubenton). 



Specimens collected: 



Four males and four females, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, December 

 17-21, 1911. 

 Male and female, Sadi Malka, Ethiopia, February 2-3, 1912. 

 One unsexed, Ourso, Ethiopia, October 19, 1911. 



Soft parts : Iris yellow ; wattles and base of bill red ; tip of bill all 

 around black; legs and feet vinaceous. 



Sarciophorus tectus ranges from Senegambia to Nigeria, across the 

 Sudan south of the Sahara to Ethiopia, Eritrea, south through Shoa 

 and Somaliland to the Ukamba district of Kenya Colony. It has also 

 been recorded from east of the Red Sea (Sinai Peninsula), and north 

 of the Sahara to the Mediterranean, Syria, Cyprus, Crete, and the 

 coastal parts of southeastern Europe. It contains two well marked 



•"Kungl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handlgr., 1924, p. 301. 

 •' Vog. Afr., vol. 1, 1900, p. 194. 



