326 Mr. W. R. 0-il\ ic Grant on Birds 



a. c? . I^akc llarrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 2 January, 1899. 

 (No. 89.) 



Iris yellow ; bill yellow ; legs, below joint brown, above 

 yellow. 



256. Scopus umbretta. 



Scopus vmbretta Gm. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 

 p. 288 (1898). 



a. ? . Waha Zinzero, Abyssinia, 4 February, 1899. 

 (No. 290.) 



Iris brown; bill and legs dark brown, 



257. Abdimia abdimii. 



Ahdimia abdimii (Liclit.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 



p. 292 (1898). 



a. S . Mendi, Abyssinia, 14 April, 1899. (No. 482.) 

 Iris brown ; bill dull sage-green, red at tip ; throat red ; 



sides of face blue, front of eye red ; legs greenish, dark 



brownish red at joint and toes. 



258. Dissura episcopus. 



Dissura episcopus (Bocld.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxvi. p. 294 (1898). 



a. S . Philwaha, Abyssinia, 17 February, 1899. (No. 333.) 

 Iris red ; bill dai'k red and black ; legs black. 



259. Neotis denhami. 



Neotis denhami Childr. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. 

 p. 302 (1894). 



a. Head and neck of this very rare species. 



Iris brown ; eulmen dark, sides light slate-colour, all the 

 underside of bill white ; legs pale yellow. 



Total length (measured in the flesh) 43'0 inches ; expanse 

 of wing 84'0. 



260. LissoTis lovati. 



Lissotis lovati Grant, Bull. B. O. C. vol. x. p. xxxix (1900). 



a. S' Bilo, Abyssinia, 10 March, 1899. (No. 397.) 

 [Type of the species. 1 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to L. melanogaster (Riipp.), 

 which it resembles in general appearance, but the middle 



