front the Rnu and Shire Rioers. 597 



88. .^GiALiTis PECUARiA (Temui.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 474. 



Common on almost every saud-bank along the Shire and 

 the Rno, often in flocks of twenty or more. 



89. Glottis nebularius. 



Totanus nebularius (Gunner) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1896, p. 238. 

 In small parties of four or five ; very noisy in the evenings. 



90. ToTANUs GLAREOLA (Liuu.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1897, 

 p. 553. 



Usually found on marshy ground near the river, but occa- 

 sionally along with M. pecuaria on the sand-banks. Seems 

 to be rather a solitary bird, 



91. Terekia cinerea (Giildenst.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxiv. p. 474 (1896). 



I saw a small flock of this Sandpiper at Chinde, at the 

 mouth of the Zambesi. 



92. LiMNocoRAX NIGER (Licht.) ; Shcllcy, Ibis, 189J, 

 p. 473. 



a. Ad. Elephant-marsh, Ruo River, February 1899. 



b. $ . Ruo River, November 17, 1898. 



Common, but difficult to shoot. A few were brought to 

 me alive, having been snared in the marshes. 



93. PoRPHYRioLA ALLENi (Thomps.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxiv. p. 187 (1894). 



a. S ' Elephant-marsh, Ruo River, March 1899. 



b, c. cJ ? . Ruo River, February 10, 1899. 



Common in the Elephant-marsh, where I collected a very 

 nice series during the floods, the birds being driven out of 

 the thick cover. On March I found a nest in reeds with 

 one egg, but I obtained another egg from the body of a 

 female which I shot. 



94. PoDiciPES CAPENSis Licht.; Shelley, Ibis, 1896, p. 241. 

 a. Ad. Ruo River, February 1890. 



Only one specimen obtained. 



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