from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 093 



a. ? . Guelan, S. Abyssinia, 24tli Jan. No. 388. 



b,c. (? ? . Fullfully, S. Abyssinia, 21st Mar. Nos. 715, 

 716. 



Iris brown; bill black; legs sage-green or greenish 

 grey. 



277. Pavoncella pugnax. 



Pavoncella pugnax (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 329. 

 a,h. (J ? . Lake Harramaier, S. Abyssinia, 29th Nov. 

 Nos. 135, 136. 



c. $ . Lake El Toki, S. Abyssinia, 27th Feb. No. 588. 

 ? . Iris brown ; bill black; legs dark slate-coloured. 

 $ . Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dull orange. 

 [Two Ruffs and a Reeve in winter plumage were shot on 

 a tarn an hour's journey from Harramaier, where this bird 

 was in great numbers. — A. E. P.] 



278. Totanus calidris. 



Totanus calidris (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. 

 p. 414 (1896). 



a. ? . Zaila, Somaliland, 8th Nov. No. 22. 



Iris brown ; bill dark, dusky pink at base ; legs dull 

 orange-red. 



279. Totanus stagnatilis. 



Totanus stagnatilis Bechst. ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. 

 xxi. p. 221 (1884). 



a. ? . Lake El Toki, S. Abyssinia, 27th Feb. No. 586. 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dull yellowish green. 



280. Tringa subarquata. 



Tringa subarquata (Giild.) ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 81. 

 a, 6. c? ? . Zaila, Somaliland, 4th Nov. Nos. 2 & 3. 

 Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



281. Gallinago gallinula. 



Limnocryptes gallinula (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiv. p. 665 (1896). 



