560 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



97. Ardea alba. 



Ardea alba, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 239; B. O. U. List 

 Brit. B. 1883, p. 108. 



Ardea flavirostris, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 220. 

 a, Rabba : " beak yellow '■* {Greens hields) . 



98. Ardea bubulcus. 



Ardea bubulcus, Audouin, Expl. Somm. PI. Ois. de I'Egypte, 

 i. 1825, p. 298; Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 222; B. O. U. List 

 Brit. B. 1883, p. 109. 



a. (^ , Slionga : iris bright yellow ; bill and nude face 

 chrome-yellow; legs black. 



99. Treron calva. 



Columba calva, Temm. & Knip, Pig, i. 1808-11, p. 35, 

 pi. 7. 



Treron crassirostris, calva et nudirostris, Hartl. Orn. W.- 

 Afr. p. 192. 



a. $ , Slionga : iris cobalt; bill and fleshy cere vermilion; 

 nail of bill pearl-grey ; legs orange-yellow ; claws grey. 



100. TURTUR senegalensis, 



Columba senegalensis, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 195. 

 Turtur senegalensis, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 195. 

 a, not labelled. 



101. Francolinus bicalcaratus. 



Tetrao bicalcaratus, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 277. 

 Francolinus bicalcaratus, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 201. 

 a. (J , Slionga : iris brown ; bill yellow, greenish at base ; 

 culmen dark ; legs dull greenish yellow. 



102. Pluvianus ^gyptius. 



Charadrius regyptius, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 254. 

 Pluvianus (egyptius, Hartl. Orn. W. Air. p. 209. 



«. ? , Shonga. 



103. tEgialitis forbesi, sp. nov. (Plate XIV.) 



? Pluvialis minima indica, Briss. Orn. ii. 1763, p. 234. 

 Charadrius indicus. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 1790, p. 750 (ex 

 Briss.), apud Hodgson. 



