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Hemerodromus cinctus, lleugl. Ibis, 1803, p. 31, pi. i. (Gondokoro : 



descr. princeps) ; id. J. f. 0. 1805, p. 99 (Belenia Bits.); Finsch 



Se llartl. Tog. Ost-Afr. p. (530, note (1870). 

 Hemerodronius (Cursorius) cinctus, Ilewjl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 25 



(Gondokoro). 

 Cursorius bicinctus, pt., Schl. Mus. Pays-Bets, Cursores, p. 11 (1855). 

 Rhinoptilus cinctus, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 416 (hills near Berbera) : 



Sharpe, Bull. 11. 0. C. iii. p. xiv (1893). 

 Cursorius bicinctus (nee Temm.), Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) i. 



p. 273 (1884: Somali Desert). 



Atl >ilt. Similar to II. seebohmi (fully described below*), but 

 differing in the band of bright chestnut, which extends from the 

 hinder ear-coverts down the sides of the neck to the fore neck ; the 

 outside tail-feather is regularly chequered with broad black bars 

 along the outer web. Total length 9 inches, culmen - 8, wiDg 6, 

 tail 3*1, tarsus 2*5. 



Huh.. Upper "White Nile to Somali-land and Masai-land. 



a. Ad. sk. Near Berbera, Somali-land Seebohm Coll. 



(B. Lort Phillips). 



b. rf ad. sk. Useri River, Kilimanjaro. II. C. V. Hunter, Esq. 



[P.]- 



5. Rhinoptilus seebohmi. (Plate III. fig. 1.) 



Cursorius cinctus (nee Heugl.), Gurney in Anders*. B. Dnm.-Ld. 



p. 263 1 1872 : Ondonga) ; Bocage, Or//. Angola, p. 421 (Humbe) ; 



Sharpe, ed. LayanVs B. S. Afr. p. 656 (1884) ; Seeb. Ibis, 1886, 



p. 118 (pt.) ; id. Geogr. Distr. Char air. p. 245 (pt.), pi. xii. 



(1888). 

 Rhinoptilus seebohmi, Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C iii. p. xiii (1893). 



Adult female. General colour above pale sandy rufous, the feathers 

 broadly centred with dusky blackish ; scapulars like the back, with 

 whitish margins ; lower back and rump uniform ashy brown, slightly 

 washed with sandy rufous ; upper tail-coverts white, forming a 

 broad band : wing-coverts brown, with sandy-rufous edges, the 

 median and greater coverts broadly margined with white ; bastard- 

 wing blackish, with broad white tips to the feathers ; primary- 

 coverts and quills dark brown, narrowly fringed at the end with 

 white, the inner secondaries with sandy buff like the back; tail- 

 feathers ashy brown, broadly tipped with white, before which is a 

 distinct sub-terminal bar of black, the outer feather white, with a 

 few spots of brown towards the end of the inner web ; crown of 

 head pale sandy rufous, streaked with blackish centres to tho 

 feathers; on the nape a concealed blackish patch; hind neck like 

 the back, but rather lighter ; base of forehead whitish ; lores and a 

 broad eyebrow white, uniting on the nape ; feathers round eye also 

 white ; ear-coverts pale sandy buff ; a few blackish spots near the 

 gape; cheeks, throat, and under surface of body pure white ; sides 



* I have given a full description of R. seebohmi, as the specimen is in better 

 condition than either of those of S. cinctus. 



