Mr. D. G. Elliot on Phasianus ignitus. 411 



[Mr. Ayres forwards^ in all, eight of these Plovers, all shot 

 in September, and four of them still retaining some remains 

 of the rufous gorget assumed during the breeding-season. — 

 J. H. G.]. 



Galinago major (Gmel.) Solitary Snipe. 

 Male, a moulting specimen, killed 16th January. 



Gallinago iEQUATORiALis, Rupp. Black-quillcd Snipe. 



Female, a moulting specimen, killed 27th December. 



[In a letter dated 30th April, 1878, Mr. Ayres mentions, 

 as an unusual circumstance, that these Snipes Avere at that 

 time breeding near Potchefstroom, their more usual nesting- 

 time being in August"^. — J. H. G.] 



307. Tringa subarquata, Gmel. Curlew Sandpiper. 



The specimen sent was shot 24th November on some mud- 

 banks in a swamp near Potchefstroom, iia company with 

 several others of this species and of other Sandpipers, inclu- 

 ding Tringa minuta. 



[The bird sent is in full winter dress. — J. H. G.] 



Hydrochelidon leucoptera (Temm.). White-winged 

 Tern. 



Male and female, immature, shot 24th November. 



Several of these Terns were hawking over a swamp some 

 eight miles from Potchefstroom, with a slow, uncertain, wavy 

 flight. The stomachs of those sent contained insects. 



XXXI. — Remarks upon the Phasianus ignitus of Latham and 

 the allied Species. By D. G. Elliot, F.R.S.E. &c. 



In a communication to this Journal published in the January 

 number of the present year, I stated that as soon as I should 

 have an opportunity of examining the specimen of the Fire- 

 backed Plieasant with chestnut flanks, referred by Mr, Sclater 

 to Phasianus ignitus, Lath., I would give my opinion as 

 to its specific value. On a late visit to London I found in 

 the collection of the British Museum a single specimen of this 



* Conf. Ibis, 1869, p. .'502. 



