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Yunnan, and Kiangsu) substantiates their conclusions. The results 

 are further corroborated by Gyldenstolpe,^° who measured a series 

 of eastern and of western birds and found them exactly alike in 

 size; wings 136 to 146 millimeters in each case. Shore birds vary 

 greatly in size, and it is therefore dangerous to describe races based 

 on this character unless long series of breeding birds with full data 

 are available. 



This species was met with in the following places : Hawash River 

 (Errer to Sadi Malka), not common; Gidabo River, March 15-17, 

 2 seen ; Abaya Lakes, March 18-26, 46 birds noted. 



GLOTTIS NEBULARIA (Gunnerus) 



Scolopax nedularms Gunnektjs, in Leem, Beskr. Fiiim. Lapp., p. 251, 1767 : 

 Norway. 



/Specimens collected : 



Female, Djibouti, French Somaliland, November 22, 1911. 



The specimen collected is in winter plumage. 



The greenshank is a common migrant along the Red Sea, where 

 Heuglin and others noted it in numbers from August to April. 

 However, the present specimen seems to be the first definitely re- 

 corded from French Somaliland, although the species was long known 

 to occur in that general region. The species also occurs inland as 

 well, and has been recorded from many places in Africa south to the 

 Cape Province. 



In his notes Mearns recorded this bird as numerous at Djibouti. 



RHYACOPHILUS GLAREOLA (Linnaeus) 



Tringa glareola LixNAEtrs, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1. p. 149, 1758 : Europe ; 

 restricted type locality, Sweden. 



SpeciTnens collected: 



Two females, Gidabo River, 3,700 feet (1,100 meters), Ethiopia, 

 March 17, 1912. 



Both specimens are in prenuptial molt. Many of the body feathers 

 and upper wing coverts are new, but the crown, occiput, and breast 

 are still covered by old winter feathers. The spring molt in this 

 species is not complete, but involves the body feathers, some of the 

 upper, middle, and lesser wing coverts, the tail, and some of the 

 innermost secondaries. To judge from a considerable series of 

 African examples taken between December and late May, the molt 

 begins with the feathers of the back, scapulars, and wing coverts, 

 then the tail and innermost secondaries, and finishes with the back 



»Kungl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handlgr., 1924, p. 300. 



