8. (Edicnemus affinis. 



GDdicnemus affinis, Riipp. Mia. Senck. ii. p. 210 (1837) ; id. Syst. 



Uebers. p. 117, Taf. 42 (1845); Strickl, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 220 (Kor- 



dofan); Reichenb. Handb., Grail. Nov. Taf. xxxvi. figs. 2440-41 



(1851); Heuyl. Syst. Uebers. p. 54 (1856: Abyssinian coast; 



White Nile, south of 6°); Hartl. Om. W.-Afr. p. 209, note 



(1857); Heuyl, Ibis, 1859, p. 344 (Habab ; Danakil; Tajura) ; 



Speke, Ibis, 1860, p. 248 (Somali) ; Hartl. J.f. O. 1861, p. 268 ; 



Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 96 (1864: 11° N. lat.) ; Schl. Mus. 



Pays-Bas, Cursores, p. 21 (1865 : Nubia ; Kordofan ; Bissao ?) ; 



Blanf. Geol. $ Zool. Abyss, p. 428 (1870 : Anseba Valley) ; Finsch, 



Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 294 (1870 : Gabena-welt-Gonfallonf: Finsch $ 



Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 626 (1870 : Somali) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



iii. p. 9, no. 9943 (1871)j Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 990 (1873 : 



coast of Samhar ; E. Kordofan ; Upper Kir and Gazelle Rivers) ; 



Antin, $ Salvacl, Viaqg. Boyos, p. 142 (1873: Samhar; Bogos ; 



Barka) ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 590 (1882) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 



1888, p. 49 (Lado) ; Heine fy Reichen. Nomencl. Mus. Hem. Orn. 



p. 333 (1890 : Abyssinia) ; Hartert, Kat. Vogels. Mus. Senck. 



p. 219 (1891: Abyssinia). 

 GSdicneinus capeusis affinis, Seeb. Geoyr. Distr. Charadr. p. 82 



(1888). 



Adult. Similar to (E. capensis, but more tawny rufous above, and 

 with the tarsus much shorter : " terminal half of the bill blackish, 

 the base yellow ; eyelids bare ; feet and iris bright yellow " {yon 

 Hewjlin). Total length 16 inches, culmen 1-65, wing 8 - 75, tail 

 4*85, tarsus 3 - 2. 



Hub. North-eastern Africa, from Kordofan and Bogos, south to 

 Somali-land, and to Lado in Equatorial Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Bogos-laud. Mr. Esler [C.]. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Anseba Valley, Aug. 3. W.T. Blani'ord, Esq.[C.]. 



c. <j ad. sk. Anseba Valley, Aug. 6 Tweeddale Coll. 



( Jl'. Jesse). 



d. Ad. sk. Lado, Equatorial Africa, Emm Pasha [P.]. 



April 14. 



