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CTJRsoBims:. 



Reichen. J.f. O. 1837, p. 46 (Magala) ; Emin, J.f. 0. 1891, p. 58; 



Reichen. J.f. 0. 1891, p. 141 (Ugogo). 

 Cursorius bicinctus gracilis, Seebohm, Ibis, 1886, p. 118; id. Geogr. 



Distr. Charadr. p. 244 (1888). 

 Cursorius bicinctus (nee Temm.), Emin, J.f. O. 1891, p. 337 (Ussongo 



Steppes). 

 Rhinoptilus gracilis, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. iii. p. xiv (1893). 

 Rhinoptilus bisignatus, Sharpe, t. c. p. xiv (1893). 



Adult (type of species). Similar to R. bicinctus, but much smaller; 

 the edges of the feathers of the upper surface whitish or pale sandy 

 rufous ; tail-feathers tipped with white ; outer feathers pure white ; 

 under surface and under wing-coverts and axillaries white: "bill 

 brownish black ; feet white ; iris brown " (G. A. Fischer). Total 

 length 7 - 2 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 5*3, tail 2- 15, tarsus 1*9. 



Two female specimens from Eastern Africa have the wing 5 - 05- 

 5T5 inches, and the tarsus T8-U85 inch. 



Hub. Masai-land and Ugogo in Eastern Africa, ranging into 

 Benguela in South-western Africa. 



3. Rhinoptilus hartingi. (Plate II.) 



Rhinoptilus prracilis (nee Cab.), She/let/, Ibis, 1885, p. 416 (Somali). 

 Cursorius bicinctus gracilis, Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 244 



(1888, pt.). 

 Rhinoptilus hartingi, Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. iii. p. xiv (1893). 



Adult. Similar to R. bisignatus, and of the same small size, but 

 the tint entirely cinnamon-rufous, with a strong tinge of isabelline 

 ou the abdomen ; the lower black chest-band narrower. Total 

 length 6-8 inches, culmen 0*5, wing 5*1, tail 1*7, tarsus 1*8. 



There are three specimens of this very distinct form in the See- 

 bohm collection. All have the tarsus 1*8 inch, and the wings vary 

 from 4 - 9-5'6 inches. 



Hub. Somali-land. 



a-c. Ad. sk. Somali-laud (E. Lort Phillips). Seebohm Coll. 



(Types of species.) 



4. Rhinoptilus cinctus. (Plate III. fig. 2.) 



Cursorius cinctus, Beugl. Si/st. Uebers. p. 54 (1856: descr. nulla) ; id. 

 Orn. N.O.-Afr. iii. pt. l,p. 792 (1873) ; Gray, Hatid-l. B.ui. p. 19, 

 no. 10043 (1871) ; Fischer 8? Reichen. J.f. O. 1879, p. 337 (Massa); 

 Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 390(1884: Pare" ; Ngaruka; N^u- 

 ruman) ; id. J.f. O. 1885, p. 115 (Masai) ; Seeb. Ibis, 1886, p. 118 

 (pt.) ; Reichen. J. f O. 1887, p. 46 (Masai Steppes) ; Seeb. Geogr. 

 Distr. Charadr. p. 245 (1888, pt.) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 371 

 (Useri River). 



