334 Mr. \y. J{. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 



(I ? . Famaka, Blue Nile, G May, 1899. (No. 498.) 

 Iris brown ; bill in a dark red, yellow at tip, in b and c 



red, in d black ; le{i;s red. 



[Not found at any great elevation ; it was not seen in tbe 



valleys of Central A.byssinia. — L.] 



293. Tympanistkia tympanistkia. 



Ti/nipmiistria ti/i>ij>anisiria (Temm.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 

 IMus. x.vi. p 504 (1893). 



a. (J . VVania, Abyssinia, 12 March, 1899. (No. 402.) 



Iris brown ; bill black ; legs red. 



This is the first time this species has been recorded from 

 Abyssinia. It was previously known to occur as far north 

 as British East Africa. 



[This Dove was seen only in the thick jangle ; it never 

 perches on the trees, but lives on the ground. It may be 

 seen at dusk flying to water, and was not observed much 

 west of the Didesa river. — L.] 



294. Chalcopelia afra. 



Chalcopelia afra (Linn.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. 

 p. 506 (1893) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 518 ; Lort Phillips, 

 Ibis, 1898, p. 424. 



a. (^ . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. 

 (No. 188.) 



b. (J . Beni Schongul, Abyssinia, 3 May, 1 899. 

 (No. 495.) 



a. Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs red. 



b. Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dark red-brown. 



295. Pterocles quadricinctus. 



Pterocles quadricinctus Temm. ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxii. p. 32 (1893). 



a. ? . Roseires, Blue Nile, 16 May, 1899. (No. 511.) 



b. S' „ „ „ (No. 512.) 

 Iris brown ; bill yellow, black at tip ; legs yellow. 



296. Francolinus granti. 



Francolinus granti Hartl. ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. 

 p. 148 (1893) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 520. 



