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bird, as it is described by Finscli and Hartlaub (Vög. 

 Ost-Afrikas , p. 763). It visits the same places as the above 

 mentioned species, especially the banks of rivers and 

 brackwater-lagunes. 



Iris blackish brown, bill and feet blackish gray. 



Himantornis haematopus. 



Himantornis haematopus (Temm. in Mus. Lugd.) , Hartl. 

 Journ. f. Orn. 1855, p. 357; id. Orn. W. Afr. p. 242 ; — 

 Schl. Handleid. Dierk. Vog. pi. 7, fig. 88; id. Mus. 

 P.-B., Ealli, p. 28. 



Hab. Liberia and Gold Coast. 



Only one specimen collected at Bavia, St. Paul's River. 



This specimen was caught in a snare , in a bush-path , 

 not far from a swamp , and so I cannot tell anything about 

 its habits. It is a beautiful adult male. The stomach was 

 empty. 



Iris brick-red ; tip of bill horn-blue , with a tinge of 

 rose-color; ridge of bill black, base of the lower and a 

 spot on each side at the base of the upper mandible grass- 

 green , naked skin between bill and eye bluish black , feet 

 coral-red. 



Orty g ometra nigra. 



Rallus niger, Gm. Syst. Nat. I. p. 717. 



Limnocorax fiavirostris (Swains.) , Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. 

 p. 244. 



Porzana nigral Schl. Mus. P.-B., Ralli, p. 34. 



Ortygometra nigra ^ F. & Hartl. Vög. 0. Afr. p. '779. 



Limnocorax niger , Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 481; — Sharpe, 

 Layard's Birds S. Afr. p. 618. 



Hab. Tropical and Southern Africa. 



Collected near Robertsport. 



When staying at Robertsport, I had a fine opportu- 

 nity to observe the habits of this peculiar Crake, in a 

 freshwater-swamp at the foot of the mountain , directly 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. VII. 



