332 Dr. J. Kirk on the Birds of the Zambesi Region. 



108. LOBIVANELLUS SENEGALENSIS. 



River Shire and Zambesi. Frequents cultivated lands. 



109. ^GIALITES TRICOLLARIS. 



From the Elephant Marsh, river Shire. 



110. Glareola nordmanni. 



Lake Nyassa, on the sand, in October ; also on the Zambesi, 

 in the same month. Not seen at other times of the year. 



Fam. SCOLOPACIDiE. 



111. Gallinago nigripennis, Bp. 



Commonly in pairs; the habits are like our own Snipe, 

 which it equals in flavour. An inhabitant of the Shire marshes. 



112. Tringoides hypoleuca. 



Frequents open sandy places on the river-bank, along the 

 Zambesi and Shire. 



113. ToTANUs glareola. 



River Shire, marshes and sand-banks; common. 



114. Strepsilas interpres. 

 Shores of Lake Nyassa. 



115. Recurvirostra avocetta. 



Not unfrequent in damp localities near marshes. 



Fam. ARDEID^. 



116. ArDEA GOLIATH. 



A difficult bird to obtain, its great height enabling it to 

 command a view over the grass or marsh-vegetation. Nowhere 

 plentiful ; but to be seen in the swamps of the Zambesi Delta 

 and on Lake Nyassa. 



117. Ardea purpurea. 



Common in all marshy places and near rivers. Breeds in 

 the swampy spots or islands, making its nest at the foot of the 

 reeds : each has two or three eggs in February. They live in 

 societies, returning to the same place a little before sunset. 



118. Ardea atricollis. 



Scattered throughout the marshy regions of the rivers and 

 lakes ; commonly found singly or in pairs. 



