collected in East Africa. 545 



eyelids and lower part of lappet yellow, the upper part 

 dark carmine. 



Fam. ScoLOPACiDiE. 



266. TOTANUS GLAREOLA. 



Totanus glareola (L.) ; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. 

 p. 750 (1870) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 116 (Usegua) ; 

 Reicheu. J. f. O. 1892, p. 9 (Uganda). 

 No. 123. cS . Machako's, April 5, 1890. 



267. CxALLINAGO MAJOR. 



Gallinago major, Gm. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1199 

 (1873) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 116 (Zanzibar, Usegua) ; 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 307 (Jipi). 



No. 113. $. Victoria Nyanza, Oct. 26, 1889.— Plentiful 

 on edge of swamp. 



268. Gallinago nigripennis. 



Gallinago nigripennis, Bp. ; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost» 

 Afr. p. 769 (1870). 



Gallinago cBguatorialis, Riipp. ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. 

 (2) i. p. 224 (1884; Finn-Finni, Shoa). 



No. 35. (^ . Mianzini, Masailand, Aug. 4, 1889. — Legs 

 greenish olive. A second one seen. 



Fam. ParriDjE. 



269. Aphalus capensis. 



Parra capensis, Smith; Finsch Sc Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. 

 p. 783, note (1870). 



Aphalus capeiisis, Elliot, Auk, v. p. 301 (1888). 

 No. 54. Lake Naivasha, Sept. 14, 1889. 



This is by far the most northerly record for this Jacana, 

 which has hitherto not been obtained further north than the 

 Shir^ River. 



Order PODICIPEDIFORMES. 



270. PODICIPES INFUSCATUS. 



Podiceps infuscatus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) i. p. 251 

 (1884; Lake Kilole, Adda-Galla). 



