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different times by people wlio said that they had caught them 

 on the l)anks of streams. Each had four light spots, forming 

 a quadrilateral^ on the back. 



126. Glareola melanoptera. [Amalaka.] 

 These birds were seen, two or three together, several times 

 during September, flying about over the village street, and 

 frequently alighting in it. This seemed to be the only spot 

 of bare ground which they could find in tliis forest-covered 

 country. Migratory Wading Birds of a number of kinds 

 have been seen to do the same — not only the Ringed 

 Plovers already reported, but some of which I failed to get 

 a specimen. In September of a previous year a flock of 

 some long-billed Waders came and stood in the street. 



153. Charaurius hiaticola. [Amalaka.] 

 jEyiolilis hiaticula Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 422. 

 No. 2839. <S hiem. Bitye, Nov. 1, 1907. 



156. Charadrius forbesi. [Amalaka.] 



No. 2835. ? . Bitye, Oct. 31, 1907. 



These two Plovers were also shot while walking in the 

 village-street in the manner described under Glareola melano- 

 ptera. So were the Ringed Plovers of the year before, 

 ^gialitis hiaticola and y^'. dnbia, already reported (' Ibis,' 

 1907, pp. 422, 423). 



247. Sarothrura reichenovi. [Otua-bijilik.] 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 421. 



Saroihrura eleyans Reicheu. V. A. i. p. 287. 



^ . Bitye, Dec. 5, 1907. 



This specimen was caught in a snare baited with termites. 

 In its muscular gizzard, and also that of another caught 

 at Efulen two years before, was much coarse sand. The 

 latter was brought in at evening, doubtless caught in the 

 hands, and kept alive overnight. While in captivity it made 

 a curious noise, like a low growl. 



My note on these queer little Rails (' Ibis/ 1907, p. 421) 

 was put under the head of S. bonapartei, because that was 

 the species recorded in Dr. Sharpens previous paper. Doubt- 

 less what was said there applies to botli species. 



