836 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxvni. 



LISSOTIS MELANOGASTRA (Ruppell). 



Ot'is mclanogader Ruppell, Neue Wirb. Fauna Abyss., Vogel, 1835, p. 16, pi. vii 



(Zana Lake, Dembea, Abyssinia). 

 O^is 7/i6'tanog'as<er Ruppell, Mus. Senckenb., \\, 1837, p. 240. 

 Lissotis lovaii Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, X, 1900, p. xxxix (Bilo, Abyssinia). 



Two specimens : an adult female from the plains east of Mount 

 Kilimanjaro, September 19, 18S8; and an adult male without data. 

 "Iris of female 3'ellow, legs and feet white." The wing pattern of 

 the adult female in this species is very similar to that of the immature 

 male. 



Both of Doctor Abbotfs birds )»elono- to the species with much white 

 on the wings, which was named Lisnotls lovatl^'- by Mr. Grant, l)ut 

 which is, unfortunatel}^, also the true Lissotis melanogastra of Kiip- 

 pell,^ as may easily be seen by consulting the original plate and descrip- 

 tions/' Riippell clearly and at considerable length characterizes the 

 bird with large white wing areas, and gives also a plate which unequivo- 

 call}^ represents the same species. Furthermore, Riippell's type came 

 from Abyssinia, where, according to Mr. Grant,'" the black-winged 

 bird is not found at all, but where the white-winged one is of regular 

 and common occurrence. From these facts it appears that the form 

 with wings largely black, found in Natal '^ and elsewhere in southern 

 Africa, figured by Mr. Grant,^ is without a name; and, as it seems 

 to be a perfectly distinct species, may be called: 



Lissotis notophila, ue>v species. 



The characters and geographical distribution of the two species have 

 been so fully and so carefully marked out by Mr. Grant that repetition 

 of these in the present connection is quite unnecessary, but for this 

 information his various publications on the subject should be 

 consulted.-^ 



EUPODOTIS KORI (Burchell). 



Otis kori BvuciiKLh, Trav. 8. Afr., 1, 1822, i)p. 393, 402 (mouth of Vaal River, 

 Griqualand West, South Africa). 



Two specimens, male and female, from the Useri Kiver, east of 

 Mount Kilimanjaro. The center of the crown is more brownish, less 

 slaty in the female than in the male. ""Iris of male light yellowish 

 brown. " 



" Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, X, 1900, ]>. xxxix. 



'' Xeue Wirb. Fauna Abyss., Vogel, 1835, p. 16, \)l. vii; Mus. Senckenb., II, 1837, 

 p. 240. 



'• Ibis, 1902, pp. 456-457. 



(^ Durban, Natal, may be considered the type locality. 



«Ibis, 1902, p. 455, fig. 11. 



./"Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, X, 1900, p. xxxix; Ibis, 1900, pp. 326-327; 1901, pp. 688- 

 689; 1902, pp. 453-457, ])\. \i. 



