— 190 — 



on the Benue River collected bv Capt. Ahadik and froin Lake 

 Chad obtained bv Ai.kxanukr. 



The Grcensliank passes down the whole leiigth of the West 

 African coast on migration, spécimens froni West Africa in the 

 British Muséum having been obtained in the Canarv Islands, Cape 

 Verde Ishmds, Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leone, Gold 

 Coast, N. and S. Nigeria and Angohi. 



Numenius arquatus. 



Scolopax nrquata Linn., Svst. Xat., X, 1758, p. 145. — Tvpe 

 localitv : Sweden. 



A spécimen of the Curlew was shot at Lagos bv Mann. It is 

 now in the Stuttgart Muséum. 



Family LARIDAE. 



Hydroprogne caspia. 



Stcrna caspia Pai.las, Xov. Comm. Petrop., XI \', pt. I, 1770, 

 p, 582. — Tvpe localitv : Caspian Sea. 



An example ot the Caspian Tern was obtained bv W. A. Fokbes 

 on the Bonnv river and recorded bv Shelley, Ibis, 1H83, p. 562. 



Range on African coasis. — On the coasts of Africa the Caspian 

 Tern is found from Gambia on the west and Suakin on the east to 

 Cape Colony. From West Africa \ve hâve spécimens in the British 

 Muséum only from the Gambia, S. Nigeria and Angola. 



Chlidonias (' nigra. 



Sterna nigra Linn., Syst. Nat., loth éd., 1758, p. 137. — Type 

 locality : Sweden. 



A spécimen of the Black Tern was shot by Mann at Lagos and 



so identified bv Nei'mann. 



(') Chlidonias replaces HydrocluliJon : vide, Aui, 1912, p. 157, and 19^0, p. 440. 



