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Scolopacidae. 



Himaniopus himaniopus himantopus (L.). — Rchw. I. p. 207. 

 1 <5 ad. 20. 4. Lake Naiwasha. 



Was not commou at Lake Naiwasha. Specimen in full 

 dress, although a few feathers on one side of the neck have 

 blackish points. 



Wing 238 mm, tarsus 127 mm, 



Irides red; bill black; legs coral-red. 



Tringa stagnatilis (Bchst.). — Rchw. I. p. 220. 



Totanus (Iliornis) st. stagnatilis Bchst. — Sclater and Mackword-Pread : 

 Ibis 1920, p. 810. 



1 (5 ad. 20. 4. Lake Naiwasha. 



Small flocks of this Snipe were found at Lake Naiwasha. 

 They were often seen, like AciopMlus africanus, walking about 

 on the large water-lilies, looking for water insects. It was by 

 no means an easy matter to detect them as they roamed about 

 among the withered reed-stalks and plants. 



The male is not in full dress. 



Wing 140 mm, tarsus 50 mm. 



Irides dark brown; bill and legs black. 



Tringa hypoleucos (L). — Rchw. I. p. 224. 



1 (5 ad. 10. 4. Nairobi, — 1 Q ad. 22. 4. Lake Naiwasha. — 1. ^ juv. 

 19. 8. Kisumu. 



Wherever there were streams, rivers or lakes this species 

 was common. At Lake Naiwasha, where the bird occurred in 

 great numbers, it was generally found in the company of Tringa 

 glareola and other waders. 



At Nairobi where a 9 was shot, it was seen almost every- 

 where on the banks of the little stream flowing through the 

 country. According to v. S o m e r e n the bird breeds in British 

 East Africa (Ibis 1916, p. 201), and the same author in his work 

 "Bird-life in Uganda" gives an excellent photograph from Uganda 

 of a brooding hypoleucos. 



The young bird, which was shot at the Gulf of Kavirondo 

 (at Kisumu) has a very worn dress and is uniform greyish brown 

 on the back; some of the feathers, however, have light edges. 

 Further, the dark and light transverse bands on the upper sur- 

 face of the body are lacking, and the sharply defined dark 

 patches along the shafts, which, according to Reichenow, 

 are found in the young of this bird, are also missing. 



Wing 103 — 105 mm, tarsus 23 mm. 



Irides dark-brown; bill black; legs greyish green. 



