collected in East Africa. 549 



Order GALLIFORMES. 

 Suborder Pterocletes. 



281. Pterocles tricinctus. 



Pterocles tricinctus, Sw,; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. iii. 

 p. 867. 

 Nos. 180. 2 ; 182, 183. S- Turquel, Suk, Jan. 17, 1890. 



— Bill dark ^eenish brown. 

 No. 214. 5 . Turquel, Suk, Jan. 29, 1890. 



282. Pterocles gctturalis. 



Pterocles gutturalis, Smith; Heugl. Om. N.O.-Afr. iii. 

 p. 862 (1873) : Fischer, Zeitschr. i. p. 379 (1884; Mabungo 

 on Pangani Eiver) ; id. J. f. O. 1886, p. 116 (Steppes be- 

 tween Pare Mts., Kilimanjaro, Maeru Mts., and Donjo Ngaij ; 

 Reichen. J. f. O. 1887, p. 50 CWembaere Steppes) ; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Gen. (2; vi. p. 306 (1888; Gumbiciii, Shoa; ; 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 294 (Useri Ftiverj ; id. P. Z. S. 1889, 

 p. 370 (Useri Pdver) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1891, p. 142 (Kjaia, 

 Uniamuesi) . 



Nos. 85, 86. 2 ad. River Athi, Masailand, Aug. 7, 

 1890. — Bill bom-blue or slate-colour ; feet pale slate- 

 colour ; iris brown. Plentiful in small parties. Fully 

 formed eggs in both. 



283. Pterocles lichteksteixi. 



Pterocles lichtensteini, Temm. ; Heugl. N.O.-Afr. ii. 



p. 865 (1873) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2; i. p. 209 (1884; 



Amal Country, Shoa) ; id. op. cit. vi. p. 305 (1888; Shoa). 



Nos. 179, 181. cJ. Turquel, Suk, .Jan. 17, 1890.— Iris 

 brown ; bare skin round eye yellow ; feet chrome- 

 yellow. Plentiful in the stony, open, bushy plains of 

 Turquel. 



284. Pterocles decoratps. 



Pterocles decoratus. Cab. ; Heugl. Om. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 870 

 (1873) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. i. p. 378 (1884 ; Pujuga River, Little 

 Aruscha) ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 117 (Steppes between Pare 

 !Mts., Kilimanjaro, Maeru Mts., and Donjo Ngai) ; Reichen. 

 J. f. O. 1887, p. 50 (Wembaere Steppes j ; Shelley, Ibis, 



