376 Capt. G. E. Shelley on 



14. Machetes pugnax (Linn.). 



A female. " Bill black ; feet yellowish brown ; iris 

 brown." 



This bird was shot on the mud of an irrigated field. 



15. TOTANUS CANESCENS (Gm.). 



No. o, ? . Lahej, October 25th, 1897. "Bill black; feet 

 greenish grey ; iris brown." 



This bird was found feeding in the mud of an irrigated 

 field along with other Waders. 



16. Dafila ACUTA (Linn.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxvii. p. 270. 



Two females. " Base of bill grey ; feet and toes grey, 

 webs black ; iris dark brown.'' 



XXXIV. — On the final Collections of Birds made by Mr. 

 Alexander Whyte, F.Z.S., in Nyasaland. By Captain 

 G. E. Shelley, F.Z.S. With Prefatory Remarks by 

 P. L. ScLATER, M.A., Ph.D., E.R.S. 



I. Prefatory Remarks, by P. L, S. 

 [The present paper contains Capt. Shelley's list of the species 

 represented in the final collections made by Mr. Whyte for 

 Sir Harry Johnston in Nyasaland, previously to his return 

 home last year. The specimens, altogether 264 in number, 

 are referred by Capt. Shelley to 132 species. Of these none 

 are new to science, but 24 are additional to the species already 

 recorded in Capt. Shelley's previous papers on Mr. Whyte's 

 birds."^ 



* The titles of these papers are as follows : — 



(1) List of Birds collected by Mr. Alexander Whyte, F.Z.S., in 



Nyasaland. By Captain G. E. Shelley, F.Z.S., with a Preface by 

 P. L. ScLATER. Ibis, 1893, p. 1, pis. i.-iii. 

 [Keport on 430 specimens, referred to 134 species, of which 12 were 

 described as new.] 



(2) Second List of Birds collected by Mr. Alexander Whyte, F.Z.S., in 



Nyasaland. By Captain G. E. Shelley, F.Z.S. Ibis, 1894, p. 1, 

 pis. i., ii, 

 [Report on 1030 specimens, referred to 205 species. Of these 9 were 

 new, and 102 were not represented in the &st collection.] 



