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has two spurs , like F. bicalcaratus , in the female the spurs 

 are wanting and only represented by a faint knob. 



84. F rancolinus lathami, Hartl. 



A large series of specimens from the Farmington River. 

 In fully adult males the feathers on chest and breast are 

 black, with a subterminal cordiform spot of pure white. 

 Moreover the feathers on the chest have a distinct white 

 cross-bar at about half their length , and two such are on 

 the feathers of the breast. The female and young male , 

 have chest and breast olivaceous brown , and the white 

 cordiform spots as well as the white cross-bars are broadly 

 edged with pure black. The spur in the adult male is very 

 strongly developed , but only represented by a small knob 

 in the female and young male. 



85. Glareola megapoda, G. R. Gray. 



A large series was collected near the falls of the Far- 

 mington River. The whitish inner edge at the base of the 

 first , second and third primary is a character of the fully 

 adult male only; in younger, e yen breeding males and the 

 females in all stages the primaries are all gray entirely up 

 to the base. The gizzard of two specimens was entirely 

 filled up with a species of Termes , probably from a swarm 

 of flying specimens , as it happens that these latter come 

 down to the water in great number. I feel quite certain 

 now, that this bird will be found in the region of the 

 falls on all the Liberian rivers. 



86. Ibis hag e dash (Lath.). 

 An adult male, Du Queah River. 



87. Ibis olivacea, Du Bus. 

 An adult male, Farmington River. 



88. Totanus hypoleucos (Linn.). 

 Two specimens, Farmington River. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XI. 



