from Sonialilam/ and Sontlicrn Ahijuaiina. ()97 



b, c. c? ? . Hawasli 11., S. Abyssiuia, 19th Dec. Nos. 259, 

 260. 



d. ^. Scqiiala, S. Abyssinia, 27th Jan. No. 404. 



e,f. S ^ • Somadu, Somaliland, 31st Mar. Nos. 747, 748. 



Iris brown; Ijill dark yellow; legs red-brown or dark 

 red, 



296. Chalcopelia AriiA. 



Chalcopelia afra (Linn.) ; Grant, Jbis, 1900, p. 334. 



a. ^ . Hiiliil, S. Abyssinia, 2nd Dec. No. 157. 



b. ? . Roguecha, S. Abyssinia, 14th Feb. No. 500. 



a. Iris brown ; bill black : legs dark red. 



b. Iris brown ; bill dull red, yellow at tip ; legs dull 

 red. 



Specimen a, a small bird, with the wing measuring 4'3 

 inches, has the metallic spots on the wing rich golden green. 



Specimen b, a much larger bird, wing 4*5 inches, has the 

 metallic spots on the wing steel-blue. 



Count Salvadori (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 508) states 

 that the female has the wing- spots golden green, while in 

 the male they are steel-blue ; but the difference is purely 

 individual and not sexual. 



297. Pteroclurus exustus. 



Pteroclurus exustus (Temm.) ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxii. p. 12 (1893); id. Ibis, 1901, p. 298. 



a. S • Lake Allan, S. Abyssinia, 29th Jan. No. 419. 



b. c. (^ ? . Khaldina, S. Abyssinia, 18th Feb. Nos. 

 534, 535. 



Iris brown; bill grey, darker along the culmen; feet 

 grey. 



298. Pterocles lichtensteini. 



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

 xxii. p. 29 (1893); id. Ibis, 1901, p. 298. 



a,b. (^ ? . Bogra, S. Abyssinia, 31st Jan. Nos. 432, 433. 



c. S' Arbawun, S. Abyssinia, 10th Mar. No. 657. 

 Iris brown; bill yellow-brown ; legs yellow. 



