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is in worn dress and has a wing-measurement of 205 mm, tarsus 

 70 mm. 



Irides dark-red; bill and legs black. 



Hoplopterus speciosus ([Lcht.] Wagl.). — Rchw. I. p. 188. 

 3 (5(5 ad. 20.— 22. 4.; 1 2 ad. 22. 4. Lake Naiwasha. 



At Lake Naiwasha this bird was very common, large flocks 

 of this species and other Waders being found along the stony 

 and shallow shores of the lake. 



The are very shy and cautious. The females, with well de- 

 veloped eggs in the ovary, differ from the males in the coloration 

 of the dress in having the outer web and tips of the primaries 

 and of the secondaries dark-brown. Besides, all the black feathers 

 of the breast are tipped with brown. 



Wing d*cf 198, 203, 207 mm, 9 205 mm, tarsus 72—75 mm. 



Irides dark-red; bill and legs black. 



Lohivanellus senegallus lateralis (A. Sra.). — Rchw. I. p. 194. 



1 (5 ad. 25. 5. Mount Elgon 6.500 ft. 



By no means common in the Elgon country. Frequented 

 the strip of land between the plain and the grass steppe. No 

 water or marshes are found in the neighbourhood. Not very 

 shy and often flew over the heads of the hunters, uttering a 

 prolonged and shrill scream. 



The specimen is in much abraded dress and has a slate- 

 coloured band right across the belly, but no white chin (R e i - 

 chenow op. cit.). In „V6g. Deutsch O.-Afr." p. 37 Reicheno w, 

 remarks, however, that it is only the female that has a white 

 chin. 



Wing 224 mm, tarsus 81 mm. 



Irides bright yellow; bill yellow with black tips; legs pale 

 lemon-yellow. 



Oedicnemus oedicnemus vermiculatus Cab. — Rchw. I. p. 200. 



Ogogra . . . ki-kavirondo. 

 1 Q ad. 22. 8. Kendu. 



In Kavirondo Gulf, Lake Victoria Nyanza, this race was 

 rather common. They were always seen on the small islands 

 and among the reeds in the water. 



Wing 205 mm, tarsus 80 mm. 



Irides yellowish brown (the edges of the eye-lids yellow); 

 bill black with greyish green base; legs greenish-grey. 



