330 Mr. ^Y. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 



27."), OXYECHUS TIUCULLAUIS. 



Oxyechus tricollaris (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 



xxiv. p. 247 (1896) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 423. 



a. S . Waha Ziuzero, Al)yssinia, 4 February, 1899. 



(No. 289.) 



Iris brown ; eyelid red ; bill dark ; legs dull yellow. 



276. /Egialitis dubia. 



jEgialitis dubia Seop. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. 

 p. 263 (1896). 



a. S • Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 30 December, 

 1898. (No. 54.) 



Iris brown ; bill black ; legs yellow. 



277. HiMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS. 



Himantopus Mmantopus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxiv. p. 310 (1896). 



a. ? . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 

 (No. 75.) 



Iris brownish orange; bill black; legs bright coral-red. 



278. Gallinago nigripennis. 



GaUinago nigripennis Bonap. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. 

 xxiv. p. 631 (1896). 



a. ^. Borunieda, Abyssinia, 9 February, 1899. (No. 307.) 



Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs dull yellow-green. 



[Shoa, taken as a whole, is curiously deficient in this most 

 sporting of birds. Miles of land suitable for the family are 

 to be found in every valley ; yet, notwithstanding careful 

 search, the Jack Snipe and the above were the only species 

 met with, and these in very small numbers. Our investiga- 

 tions were carried out for only six months of the year, but 

 Capt. Harrington and other residents assured us that at no 

 time were these birds to be found in any great number. — L.] 



279. Hydrochelidon leucoptera. 



Hydrochelidon leucoptera Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 XXV. p. 6 (1896). 



a. S . Blue Nile, 14 May, 1899. (No. 508.) 

 Iris dark brown ; bill dark brown ; legs red. 



