from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia, 331 



280. ROUGETIUS ROUGETI. 



Rougetius rougeti (Guerin) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiii. p. 162 (1894). 



a. S • Oedda, Abyssinia, 1 February, 1899. (No. 286.) 

 Iris light liazel; bill and legs dark brown. 



281. PODICIPES CAPENSIS. 



Podicipes capensis Liclit.; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 

 p. 513, pis. vii. & viii. (1898). 



Tachybaptes capensis Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 424. 



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

 1899. (No. 79.) 



b. S • Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 

 (No. 80.) 



c. ? . Lake Chercher, Abyssinia, 12 January, 1899. 

 (No. 177.) 



a. Iris brown ; bill dull red ; legs slate-colour. 



b. Iris light hazel ; bill and legs black. 



c. Iris reddish; bill and legs dark brown. 



282. Podicipes nigricollis. 



Podicipes nigricollis Brehm ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxvi. p. 538 (1898). 



a. ? . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 2 January, 1899. 

 (No. 82.) 



Iris bright red ; bill and legs black. 



283. VlNAGO WAALIA. 



Vinago waalia (Gm.) ; Salvad. Cat. B.Brit. Mus. xxi. 

 p. 15 (1893) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 516; Lort Phillips, 

 Ibis, 1898, p. 424. 



a. ? . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. 

 (No. 185.) 



Iris red, a line of blue round the pupil ; bill whitish ; legs 

 yellow. 



[Feeds on the wild fig, and always to be found where 

 these trees exist. — L.] 



284. COLUMBA ALBITORQUES. 



Columba albitorques Riipp. ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxi. p. 265 (1893) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 516. 



