191 7] Birds from British East Africa. 413 



Lophotis gindiana Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. ]\Iiis. xxiii. 

 1894., p. 2i)2. 



Otis raficrist a gindiana Zedlitz, J. f. O. 1914, p. 635. 



S ? ad. Tsavo Swamp. 7th August. Wing, S 272, 

 ? 265 mm. 



Iris cream-colour; bill dark ; legs brownish grey. 



Quite common in thin bush at this point. Not seen 

 elsewhere. 



Cursorius temminckii. 



Cursorius temminckii Swainson, Zool. Illustr. ii. 1822, 

 p. 106. 



Cursorius tem.minckii C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 60. 



2?. Ithanga Hills. 27th September. Wing 116 & 

 121 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill dark ; legs white. 



Common on the bare patches of ground surrounded by 

 bush in the Ithanga Hills and Thika district. 



Tringoides hypoleucus. 



Tringa hypoleucos Linn. Syst. Nat. ]758, p. 149 [Sweden] ; 

 C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 58. 



$ . Tsavo Swamp. 6th August. Wing 109 mm. 



$ . Thika. 3rd September. ,, 110 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill dark ; legs greenish slate. 



The Common Sandpiper was seen on the Tsavo River in 

 several places, and also on the high ground near Thika. 

 It was one of the very few European birds I saw at this 

 time of year. 



Stephanibyx coronatus. 



Charadrius coronatus Boddaert, Tab. PI. Enl. 1783, p. 49 

 [Cape] . 



Stephanibyx coronatus C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 56. 

 ($ ?. Tsavo Swamp. 6th August. Wing 195 & 188 mm. 

 ? . Ithanga Hills. 2nd October. „ 192 mm. 

 Iris yellow ; bill black, red at the base ; legs red. 

 The Crowned Lapwing was common in both localities. 

 It flies round shrieking when disturbed, and is a great 



