from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 69l 



h. ^. Errer Gota, S. Abyssinia, 6tli Dec. No. 200. 

 c. ^ . Lake Zwai, S. Abyssinia, 4th Feb. No. 447. 

 Iris red ; bill and legs black. 



265. HiMANTOPUS HIMANTOPUS. 



Himantopus himantopus (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 330. 

 a, b. ? , Lake Harramaier, S. Abyssinia, 28th Nov. 

 Nos. 122, 123. 



Iris red ; bill black ; legs pinkish red. 



266. LiMOSA LIMOSA. 



Limosa limosa (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. 

 p. 381 (1896). 



a-c. ?. Lake Harramaier, S. Abyssinia, 28th Nov. Nos. 

 118, 119, & 130. 



Iris brown; bill brown, shading to black at tip; legs 

 dusky. 



267. H^MATOPUS OSTRALEGUS. 



Hamatopus ostralegus hiun. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiv. p. 107 (]896). 



a. $ . Zaila, Somaliland, 8th Nov. No. 24. 



Iris red; bill orange-red, dark at tip; legs dull purplish 

 brown. 



This Oystercatcher was in winter plumage. 



268. Arenaria interpres, 



Arenaria interpres (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiv. p. 92 (1896). 



a. S ' Zaila, Somaliland, 7th Nov. No. 16. 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dull orange. 



269. OCHTHODROMUS ASIATICUS. 



Ochtliodromus asiaticus (Pall.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiv. p. 230 (1896). 



a,b. c? . Melkadegaga, S. Abyssinia, 23rd Feb. Nos. 

 559, 560. 



Iris brown; bill black; legs light greenish slate-coloured. 



The Caspian Sand-Plover was in summer plumage. 



