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Total length in flesh : 24^ inches. Wing : 306 mm. 

 [Irides yellow ; bill light horn, culmen black ; legs and 

 toes dirty cream-colour. Common.] 



66. Otis senegalensis cauicollis. Grey-necked Bustard. 

 Otis caincoUis Reichw. Orn. Ceutralb. May 1881, p. 79 : 



Berdera, R. Juba. 



a. ? ad. Lemek Valley, 6400 ft. Oct. 6. 



b, c. (J ? ad. Amala, 5500 ft. Oct. \lo. 



d. (J ad. E. of Mt. Legauisho, 7000 ft. Nov. 1. 



All are in good dress. 



Total length in flesh: S 22^ & 23 inches; ? 22^ & 

 23 inches. Wing : c? 319 & 305 mm. ; ? 311 & 310 mm. 

 Weight : one female, 2^^ lbs. 



In the orginal description Reichenow gives no type locality, 

 but in the July number of the J. f. O. of the same year he 

 distinctly states, " Hab. Berdera (xlfrica orieutalis)." 



This proves that he is right in placing 0. s. somaliensis 

 Erl. (J. f. O. 1905, p. 82, Taf. ii. fig. 2: Gandakore, 

 nr. Harar) as a synonym of O. s. canicollis [cf. Vog. Afr. iii. 

 Nachtr. p. 802), and that Neumann is wrong in keeping these 

 distinct [cf. J. f. O. 1907, p. 307), but is right in attaching 

 these races to 0. senegalensis Yieiil. 



I cannot, however, see the differences between this race 

 (0. s. canicollis) and the east African one, 0. s. erlangeri 

 Rchw. (Vog. Atr. iii. Nachtr. 1905, p. 802 : Matschako, 

 B.E.A.), which therefore becomes a synonym, and makes 

 one race from Somaliland to British and German East 

 Africa. 



[Irides brown ; bill : tip horn or bluish horn, basal portion 

 yellow, around nostrils pink ; legs and toes dirty cream. 

 Quite common.] 



67. Otis kori strutMunculus. North African Kori 

 Bustard. 



Otis kori struthiunculus Neum. J. f. O. 1907, p. 306 : 

 Lake Zuai, Abyssinia. 



a. ? ad. Loita, 6300 ft. Oct. 3. 



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