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(TERNS.) 

 I. Hydrochelidon kiicoptera (Schinz) 

 Pongo and Kibero on Lake Albert, August and October 1897. 



(GEESE.) 

 2. Chenalopex cBgyptiaciis (L.) 

 $ Campi-ya-Simba (the camp of lions), British East Africa. 

 •'Iris red-brown. Bill pinkish with brown edges, feet rosy 

 flesh-colour." 



(DUCKS.) 

 3. Nettion piinctatuni (Burch.) 



Lake Naivasha, Uganda Protectorate, April and November. 

 " Feet slate-blue with a more or less distinct green streak along 

 the middle." In the female the upper tail-coverts are not undu- 

 lated with narrow black lines. The abdomen is paler, less rufous 

 than in the male, and hardly differs from the breast in colour. 

 The wing is about 15 mm. shorter (<? 150-156 mm., ? 143-145 

 mm.). The adult male agrees perfectly with Salvadori's de- 

 scription. 



4. Nettion capense (Gm.) 



? ad. Lake Xakuru, Uganda Protectorate, 30/1 i/i 896. " Iris 

 red. Feet yellow-brown with black web. Bill pink with black 

 base." 



(WADERS.) 

 5. Qldiaiemiis verniiailatus Cab. 

 Kibero, on the east shore of Lake Albert in Unyoro, $ ? 

 21 1% !()']. " Iris lemon-yellow. Feet pale green, yellow towards 

 the thigh. Bill blackish, soft parts on sides from nostrils to base 

 and basal half of mandible greenish-yellow." 



6. Hoplopterus spinosus (L.) 



Kibero, Unyoro, 29/10/97. $ " Iris purple-red, bill and 

 feet black." 



7- yEgialitis hiaticola (L.) 

 Kibero (Unyoro;, 12/10/97. ^figrant from Europe. 



