632 



CHAKADKIID^:. 



Scolopax fequatorialis, Seebohm, Ibis, 1886, p. 136 (S. Africa) ; id. 

 Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 500 (1888). 



Adult male. Similar to G. major, but with a longer bill, and with 

 the white tips or terminal bars to the wing-coverts narrower and 

 not so prominent, though they are pure white ; these tips are almost 

 obsolete on the primary-coverts, whereas they are very distinct in 

 G. major. The upper surface is black, with sandy-rufous streaks, 

 not very broad or distinct except on the scapulars ; the blackish 

 spots and mottlings on the chest and throat are very distinct. The 

 whole of the secondaries, excepting the innermost or elongated ones, 

 are blackish with white tips, but without any rufous bars on the 

 outer web : " bill black ; legs brownish green ; iris dark hazel " 

 (T. E. Buckley). Total length 10-8 inches, culmen 2-75, wing 5 - l, 

 tail 2*2, tarsus 1*3. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 10 inches, 

 culmen 2-9, wing 5*1, tail 1-8, tarsus 1'45. 



The axillaries vary in markings, being sometimes regularly barred 

 with black and white throughout, while some individuals have the 

 axillaries white with only a few irregular markings or spots. 



Hah. Confined to Africa. 



a. Ad. st. 



b-f. 6 2 ad. sk. 



(/. Ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 



L k. Ad. et pull. 



sk. 

 I, m, ?*. Ad. sk. 

 o. Ad. sk. 

 p. Ad. sk. 



q. ^ ad. sk. 



r. Ad. sk. 



s. 3 ad. sk. 



t-x. Ad. sk. 

 y,z. <3 2 ad. sk. 

 a', V. J ad. sk. 



c', d'. 5 ad. sk. 



e',f. 6 2 ad. sk. 



g'. <$ ad. sk. 



ti. Ad. st. 

 i'. Ad. st. 

 k'. Ad. sk. 

 I'. $ ad. sk. 

 m'. Ad. sk. 



Shoa [Sir W. C. Harris). 

 Angollala, Shoa, May (Sir 



W. Harris). 

 East Africa. 

 Fort Johnston, River Shire, 



Feb. (A. A. Whyte). 

 Transvaal. 



Transvaal. 

 Transvaal. 

 Potchefstroom. 



Potchefstroom, July. 



Damara-land (C. </". Anders- 

 son). 



Isepengo Flats, Zulu-land 

 (Gordge). 



Natal. 



Natal (T. Ay res). 



Newcastle, Natal, April, June 

 (E. A. Butler). 



Newcastle, May, Sept. 



Pietermaritzburg, Natal, 



May (T. K Buckley). 

 Kingwilliamstown. 



South Africa. 

 South Africa. 

 South Africa. 

 South Africa. 

 South Africa. 



India Museum. 

 India Museum. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Sir H. H. Johnston, 



K.C.B. [P.]. 

 Dr. R. B. Sharpe 



[P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Gurney Coll. 

 F. A. Parratt, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Gurney Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Capt. Savile Reid 



Cc.]. 



Shelley Coll. 



Major Trevelyan 



Purchased. 

 Dr. Krauss [0.]. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Jardine Coll. 



