694 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and Reid on Birds 



a,b. ? . Lake El Toki, S. Abyssinia, 26th & 28th Feb. 

 Nos. 583 & 593. 



Iris brown ; bill dusky ; legs dull greenish or light greenish 

 slate-coloured. 



282. Dromas ardeola. 



Dromas ardeola Paykull ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. 

 p. 28 (1896). 



a,b,c. c? ? . Zaila, Somaliland, 4th Nov. Nos. 6, 7, 8. 



d. ? . Zaila, Somaliland, 8th April. No. 779. 



Iris dark brown ; bill black j legs pale blue or light blue- 

 green, toes darker. 



283. Sterna minuta. 



Sterna minuta Linn. ; Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv. 

 p. 116 (1896). 



a. <$ . Zaila, Somaliland, 8th April. No. 777. 



Iris brown ; bill yellow, tip black ; legs dull orange. 



This specimen of the Little Tern is a typical example with 

 only the two outer primaries mostly black. S. saundersi is 

 said to be the form found on the Red Sea coast. 



284. Gelochelidon anglica. 



Gelochelidon anglica (Mont.) ; Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxv. p. 25 (1896) ; Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 297. 

 a. ? . Zaila, Somaliland, 8th Nov. No. 23. 

 Iris, bill, and legs black. 



285. Angus stolidus. 



Anous stolidus (Linn.) ; Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxv. 

 p. 136 (1896). 



a. S • Zaila, Somaliland, 3rd Nov. No. 1. 



Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dusky black. 



The Noddy Tern is nearly cosmopolitan in its dis- 

 tribution. 



286. LiMNOCORAX NIGER. 



Limnocorax niger (Gmel.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiii. p. 150 (1894). 



