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irides hazcl^ and the legs and feet slatc-bliic ; but the 

 Wilson's Phalaropes had the bill and legs black and the 

 irides brown. A female of the last-named weighed %\ ounces. 

 The mcasvirements in inches of a male and female of each 

 species are here given : — 



In addition to the Phalaropes, great numbers of Stints 

 {Tringa miautiUa) and a single Hudsonian Godwit {Limosa 

 hudsonica) passed ; in fact, such an invasion of birds has 

 not been seen here since the memorable flight of Buzzards 

 (Buteo swainsoni) in 1890. 



I obtained the above-mentioned Godwit, which was a female 

 in transition plumage, and the only specimen I have ever 

 seen in the north-west. Of this bird, Coues says : " Not 

 noted W. of the Rocky Mts., and apparently not common 

 anywhere in the U.S.'' 



Terry, Montana, 

 Sept. 1st, 1899. 



VII. — An Ornithological Expedition to the Zambesi River. 

 By Boyd Alexander, F.Z.S. 



(Plate I.) 

 [Continued from ' The Ibis/ 1809, p. 583. J 



72. Crateropus jARDiNii (Smith). 



We first met with this bird near Zumbo, on the riglit bank 

 of the river. It consorted with C. kirki, but was not nearly 

 so plentiful, and was easily recognizable by its much larger 

 size. Unlike the latter, the specimens shot at the end of 

 November were in a moulting condition, the new feathers 

 of the nape and mantle having dark-brown centres. 



The cry is louder and more harsh, if anything, than that 

 of C. kirki. 



