from Deelfontein, Cape Colony. 9 



10. Stephanibyx coronatus. 



Chettusia coronata (Bodd.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 670 

 (1884). 



Stephanibyx coronatus Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. p. 178 (1896); 

 id. Hand-1. B. i. p. 152 (1899) ; Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, i. 

 p. 181 (1900). 



a, b. ? ad. Deelfontein, March 5, 1902. Iris yellow; 

 bill black at tip, dull crimson at base ; feet red. 



c. $ juv. Deelfontein, March 10, 1902. Iris brownish 

 yellow. 



d. e. S ? • » March 20, 1902. 

 /. $ ad. „ Oct. 31, 1902. 

 (j. ? ad. „ Nov. 2, 1902. 



All the birds killed in February and March are more or 

 less in moult. The new feathers of the upper parts are dark 

 ashy brown, while by October and the breeding-season the 

 colour has bleached to a drab-brown. 



[This species was first noticed in January, and was very 

 common on waste ground near farms. It was generally seen 

 in flocks of from three to seven individuals, more rarely in 

 pairs. When scared it Avould fly only a few yards before 

 dropping again, but it was a very swift runner. We never 

 found the eggs, but shot a young bird in March. It has a 

 very loud call, from which the farmers name it the " Kewi- 

 Kewi"] 



11. OxYECHUS TRICOLLARIS. 



JEgialitis tricollaris (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 662 

 (1884) ; id. Bull. B. O. C. xii. p. 2 (1901). 



Oxyechus tricollaris Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. p. 247 (1896) ; 

 id. Hand-1. B. i. p. 154 (1899). 



Charadrius tricollaris Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, i. p. 176 

 (1900). 



a. $ ad. Deelfontein, Jan. 3, 1901. 



b. S ad. „ Feb. 10, 1901. 



c. d. (J ? ad. „ Feb. 21-23, 1902. 



e. 6 ad. „ Oct. 29, 1902. 

 /. Pull. „ Nov. 11, 1902. 



