collected in North Nyasaland. 553 



differs from the male and female previously procured by 

 Mr. Whyte, and the type, in having the bars on the breast 

 much narrower ; but as the specimen is not quite in full 

 plumage I should hesitate to call it a local race. Range : 

 Eastern portion of S. Africa, from Natal to Nyasaland. 



150. Francolinus johnstoni. 



Francolinus johnstoni, Shelley; id. B. Afr. i. p. 182, 

 no. 2379; id. Ibis, 1894, p. 24; 1896, p. 184. 



Nyika Plateau. Five males and four females. The 

 slight characters which separate this species from F. hilde- 

 brandti appear to be quite constant, and it is apparently 

 confined to Nyasaland. 



151. Charadrius pecuarius. 



Charadrius pecuarius, Temm.; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 189, 

 no. 2467 ; id. Ibis, 1894, p. 474. 



Shores of Lake Nyasa, Songue, and Karonga, June and 

 July. Three males and a female. 



152. Charadrius pallidus. 



Charadrius pallidus, Strickl. ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 189, 

 no. 2468. 



JSgialitis pallida, Sharpe, Cat. xxiv. p. 284. 



Charadrius tenellus, Hartl.; Reiclien. Vog. Deutsch-Ost- 

 Afr. p. 34. 



Shores of Nyasa Lake, June ; and Karonga, July. A male 

 and female. This species ranges from the Zambesi to Sindi 

 in Eastern Africa, and from Angola to the Gold Coast in 

 W. Africa. 



153. TOTANUS GLAREOL.V. 



Totanus glareola (Linn.); Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 192, 

 no. 2491 ; id. Ibis, 1894, pp. 27, 476. 

 Karonga, June. A female. 



154. CURSORIUS TEMMINCKI. 



Cursorius temmincki. Swains.; Shelley, 'B. Afr. i. p. 194, 

 no. 2517 ; Sharpe, Cat. xxiv. p. 41. 



Cursorius senegalensis, Licht. ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 654; 

 Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 32. 



Karonga, June. A male. 



