11 J. On Birds from Inhambane. 



[This bird^ although included in Sharpens edition of 

 Layard's ' Birds of South Africa/ has never, so far as I am 

 aware, been definitely recorded from south of the Zambesi 

 before.— W. L. S.] 



11. ^GiALiTis HiATicoLA Sharpe, op. cit. p. 660. 



" S . Bay of Inhambane, Sept. 5th, 1898. Shot out of 

 a flock of Sandpipers ; legs yellowish orange ; iris blackish 

 browu.^^— H. F. F. 



12. Calidris arenaria Sharpe, op. cit. p. 684. 



" Two S adults and 1 ? . 18/9/98. Bay of Inhambane. 

 Shot out of a flock of upwards of a hundred ; the stomach 

 of one contained grains of millet and mealie meal." — W. F. 



13. Tringa subarquata (Giild.). 



Male. 5/9/98. Bay of Inhambane. " Iris blackish : shot 

 out of a large flock."— H. F. F. 



14. Phyllopezus africanus (Gm.). 

 Parra africana Sharpe, op. cit. p. 648. 



(J . 14/8/98. Inhambane. Crown of head and basal part 

 of bill leaden blue ; legs and feet slate-colour ; iris blackish 

 brown. Common on tbe lakes and ponds in this vicinity.^' — 

 H.F. F. 



15. Erythrocnus rufiventris (Sund.) : Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 xxvi. p. 200. 



Female. 5/3/98. Lake Barana, 3 miles N. E. of Inhambane. 

 '' Iris rich yellow, shading off" into reddish orange on the 

 outer ring ; bare skin round tlie eyes bright yellow ; base of 

 bill bright yellow, tip dark horn ; feet and legs yellow j toes 

 Lorn. Rare in this locality." 



16. Nettopus atjritus Sharpe, op. cit. p. 750. 



Three examples. 11/9/98. Lake Barana, Inhambane, not 

 uncommon. 



" ins darkish brown, almost black ; bill dusky yellowish, 

 shading off to almost black towards the point; lower mandible 

 livid, bare skin in between the mandible yellowish orange; 

 legs and feet bluish black. Not uncommon." — H. F. F. 



