Collection of Birds from Somali-land. 417 



under surface of the wing buflf, mottled with dusky black on 

 the coverts, and passing into rufous shaded with dark brown 

 towards the outer webs of the larger primaries ; bill black, 

 paler towards the base of the lower mandible ; legs white. 

 Total length 8 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 5 "6, tail 2'8, 

 tarsus 1'85. 



$ ad. Similar in plumage. Total length 7 inches, culmen 

 0'55, wing 5*2, tail 2'5, tarsus 1-9. 



Hab. E. Africa, Somali-land and Masai-land. 



"Fairly plentiful throughout the plateau, where tliey were 

 breeding in March and April. They reminded me of the 

 Lapwing in the manner they showed their anxiety when we 

 got near to their eggs." 



60. Chettusia coronata. 



Charadrius coronatus, Gm, S. N. 1788, p. 691. 



Pluvier du cap de b. esp., Buff. PL Enl. 800. 



Chettusia coronata, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 636; 

 Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 391 (Masai) ; Bohm, 

 J. f. O. 1885, p. 51 ; Fischer, tom. cit. p. 116. 



StepJianibya coronata, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884, 

 p. 220 (Shoa). 



Hab. The whole of E. and S. Africa between about 10° 

 N. lat. and 30° S. lat. 



" Very plentiful throughout the country, and very noisy at 

 night if in any way disturbed. They were breeding on the 

 plains in March and April. Iris black; base of bill pink, 

 with the end black ; legs pink.^' 



61. tEgIALITES TllICOLLARlS. 



Charadrius tricollaris, Vieill. N. D. xxvii. p. 147, pi. 233. 

 fig. 4; Heugi. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 1027, pi. 34. fig. 5 (head) ; 

 Schalow, J. f. O. 1883, p. 340 ; Finsch & Hartl. Yog. Ostafr, 

 p. 655. 



yEffialiies tricollaris, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884-, 

 p. 218 (Shoa). 



Hab. E., S., and W. Africa : Bogos, Abyssinia, Somali- 

 land, the whole of South Africa, and Senegambia. 



