306 On Birds from Eastern Africa. 



85. Tringa minutAj Leisler. 

 Jipi, Sept. 1885. 



These birds^ together with the Ringed Plover and Curlew 

 Sandpiper^ congregated in large flocks on the sandy shores 

 of the lagoons at Jipi. 



86. Tringa subarquata (Giild.). 

 2 . Jipi, September 1885. 

 Plentiful on the shores of the lagoons. 



87. Helodromas ochropus (Linn.). 

 S . Jipi, September 1886. 



Shot on the edge of a small pool in the bush. The only- 

 one I saw. 



88. Gallinago major (Gm.). 

 Jipi, September 1885. 



Very plentiful in the swampy rice-fields on the shores of 

 the lagoons. 



89. Rhynch^a capensis (Linn.). 

 Jipi, September. 



Very common. I found several nests with eggs on the 

 shores of the lagoons. 



90. NuMENius phjEOPus (Linn.). 



Common in the creeks and along the shore in November. 

 Saw none in May. 



The Curlew [N. arquata) was also very common in Novem- 

 ber, but I saw none in May. It was quite as shy and difficult 

 to approach as in England. 



91. Hydrochelidon nigra (Linn.). 

 Jipi, September 1885. 



Shot on a lagoon. 



92. Larus hemprichi (Bp.). 

 Two males, Manda Island. 



The commonest Gull along the coast. 



93. Chenalopex ^gyptiaca (Linn.). 

 Occasionally seen in small flocks at Jipi. 



