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Xiphidiopterus albiceps. 



Winellus albiceps Goui.d, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1S34, p. 45. -- Type 

 locality : Qiiorra River (i. e. Niger River) Nigeria. 



A single spécimen of the White-headed Plover was shot by 

 Mr. LowE on the Ogun River near Lagos. The type was a Nigérian 

 spécimen obtained on the Niger River bnt at what point is not 

 stated in the original description. 



In Northern Nigeria Abadie shot it at Bida on the Niger 

 and P. A. Tai.bot obtained it at Kwa. 



Range. — \Ve hâve examples in the British Muséum from 

 Libéria, Gold Coast, N. and S. Nigeria, Gaboon, Fernando Po, 

 Loango Coast, Upper Congo, French Equatorial Africa, Abvssinia, 

 Sudan, Rhodesia, Zambesi River. 



(\'^erv common along the Ogun River feeding on worms. — 

 \V. P. L.) 



Actitis hypoleucus hypoleucus. 



Tringa hypoleucos Linn., Svst. Nat., 1758, p. 14g. — Tvpe loca- 

 litv : Sweden. 



A spécimen of the Common Sandpiper was shot at Iju bv 

 Mr. LowE. Mr. Kemp also shot it at Agoulerie and Mann at Lagos. 



We hâve a verv large séries from Africa. From the West Coast 

 we hâve spécimens from the Cape Verde Islands, Portuguese 

 Guinea, Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast, S. Nigeria, Cameroon, 

 Gaboon, Angola, Fernando Po, St. Thomas' Island and the Congo. 



Glottis nebularius nebularius. 



Scolofiax nebuiaria Gi'nnerus, /;/ Lekm., Beskr. Finm. Lapp., 1767, 

 p. 251. — Tvpe localitv : Norwav. 



Mr. P. A. Talbot shot a Greenshank at Kwa, S. Nigeria and 

 Mann a spécimen at Lagos. 



From Northern Nigeria we hâve also spécimens from near Bida 



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