64 CURS01UID.E. 



(J. Biittikofer). Total length 6-3 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 5-65, 

 tail 1-9, tarsus 0-95. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but freckled on the back, wings, and 

 chest with fulvescent tips to the feathers, which have a blackish 

 sub-terminal bar. 



Hab. West Africa, from the Niger to Liberia. 



a. Juv. sk. River Niger (Dr. Baikie). Tweeddale Coll. 



b, c. Ad.; d. Juv. River Niger. Dr. Baikie [C.]. 



sk. 

 e. Juv. sk. River Niger. Mrs. Heywood [P.]. 



(Type of G. megapoda.) 

 f. Ad. sk. Scarries River, Gold Coast. H. F. Blissett, Esq. 



3. Galactochrysea emini. (Plate V. fig. 2.) 



Glareola emini, Shelley, P. Z, S. 1888, p. 49 ; Seebohm, Geogr. 

 Distr. Charadr. p. 209 (1888). 



Adult male (typo of species). Similar to G. liberies, but larger, 

 with no white at the base of the secondaries, and at once distin- 

 guished by the white collar on the hind neck : " bill black, with 

 the basal half vermilion-red ; feet vermilion ; iris umber-brown "' 

 (Emin Pasha). Total length 8 inches, culmen 055, wing 6, tail 2*5, 

 tarsus 0*7. 



Hab. Equatorial Africa. 



«. cJ ad. sk. Foda, Equatorial Africa, Emin Pasha [P.]. 



Oct. 18, 1885. (Type of species.) 



4. Galactochrysea michalis. 



Adult (type of species). Similar to G. liberice, but with a white 

 collar round the hind neck, and further distinguished by the white 

 on the outer web of the base of the secondaries. Total length 

 5*7 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 5 - 45, tail 1-85, tarsus 0*7. 



Hab. Upper White Nile region. 



a. Ad. sk. White Nile. F. Galton, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 



5. Galactochrysea cinerea. 



Glareola cinerea, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 26; Gray, Gen. B. iii. 

 p. 538, pi. 144 (1844) ; id. List Grallce Brit. Mm. p. 62 (1844 : 

 R. Quorra); Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 211 (1857); Cassin, Proc. 

 Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 173 (Camma R.) ; Hartl. J.f. O. 1867, 

 p. 268; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 18, no. 10034 (1871); Meichen. 

 J.f. O. 1877, p. 11 (Loango Coast); Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 422 

 (1881); Reichen. J.f. O. 1887, p. 299 (Manyanga) ; Seebohm, 

 Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 265 (1888). 



