Collection of Birds 



Charadriidae 



1 8. Glarcola fnsca (L.). The Masai country. Ilcck Island, 

 VIII. ; \jiri swamps, VI. 



I found these very numerous on Heck Island in August 

 1899; also on the Xjiri swamps in July. At the beginning of 

 August they brought stalks and blades of grass to the island in 

 their bills. 



19. Cnrsorins tcininincki Sw. Central Pangani, III. 



20. Rhiiwptilus bisignatns (Hartl.;. Vumbe ya Mawe in Central 

 Pangani, \\ . 



21. RJiitwptilns cincfns (Hcugl. . Donje Erok, IX. 



22. Cliaradrins gcoffroyi \Vagl. The Masai country. 



23. Charadrius asiaticus Pall. Merker Lakes, XI. 



24. Clinradrins inargitiafiis tcncllus Hartl. The Masai country. 



25. Charadrms 1'arins Vieill. Xjiri, II., VI.; Vumbc ya 

 Mawe, IV. 



26. Cliaradrius tricollaris Vieill. The Masai country, VI. 

 One of a large flock \\hich I came upon in the evening near 



Sadani on a sand}' spot near the sea. 



27. StcpJianiby.v coronatus (Bodd.). Xjiri, II., VI. 



Frequent everywhere upon the dry velt. It gives out its 

 clear warning-cry on moonlight nights as at other times, and 

 frequently when flying over the camp. 



28. Hoplopterus speciosus ([Lcht.] Wagl.). Xjiri, II., VI. 

 Small spur-winged lapwings on June I2th, 1903 ; in pairs June 



July to October. The call is curiously weak, and not audible far 

 off. The bearing is very different from that of the species above 

 mentioned, being quiet and melancholy. Mostly to be found in 

 damp spots near water. 



29. CEdicnemus capensis Lcht. Xjiri, II., VI. 



I frequently found this bird on the driest velt under acacia- 

 bushes, where he makes his escape at a run. I have killed a 

 specimen on the road up to the Moshi station at a height of 

 i, 600 metres. 



30. CEdicnemus venniculatns, Cab. Njiri, III. ; Moshi, VIII. 



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