684 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and Reid on Birds 



a. (5 . Lake Ailaii, S. Abyssinia, 29th Jan. No. 422. 



Iris brown ; face, wattle, and bare skin on neck coral-red ; 

 bill pink, nail white ; legs dusky pink. 



[Riippell's Spur-winged Goose was first seen by us in 

 pairs on Lake Ailan and shot from the shore with the rifle. 

 Subsequently we saw large flocks on the marshes near the 

 junction of the Moggoi River with the Hawash. In the dry 

 skin the very marked and prominent scarlet or coral-red 

 wattled membrane of the forehead, crest, and sides of the 

 neck practically disappears. — A. E. P.] 



238. Chenalopex vEgyptiaca. 



Chenalopex (sgyptiacus (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 322 ; 

 1901, p. 294. 



a,h. d ? . Owaramulka, S. Abyssinia, 6th Mar. Nos. 



624, 625. 



Iris yellow-brown; bill purplish pink, cutting-edge and 

 nail dusky ; legs light purplish pink. 



[The Egyptian Goose was found, as a rule, in pairs on all 

 the small streams and big rivers in Abyssinia.— A. E. P.] 



239. Anas undulata. 



Alias imdulata Dubois; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 322. 



a. (S . Sequala, S. Abyssinia, 26th Jan. No. 402. 



Iris brown ; bill deep yellow, patch on culmen and nail 

 black ; legs black. 



[The Yellow-billed Duck was the common species of the 

 Abyssinian highlands. It is very good to eat. — A. E. P.] 



240. Anas sparsa. 



Anas sparsa Smith ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 323. 



a. ? . Myeesa R., S. Abyssinia, 14th Mar. No. 673. 



Iris brown •, bill pale purplish pink, centre and nail black ; 

 legs dark yellow, 



[The White-barred Black Duck was only seen on the 

 little Myeesa stream, where there were a pair. — A. E. P.] 



241. P(ECILONETTA ERYTHRORHYNCHA. 



Pcecilonetta erythrorhyncha (Gmel.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 324, 



