Birds from the West Coast of Africa. 257 



Squatarola helvetica (Linn.). 



Squatarula squatarola Reich, i. p. 163. 



a. S ■ Nauua Kru. 24th Jan., 191 1. (No. 390.) 



Iris brown ; bill black ; feet blue. 



Total length iu the flesh 12^ inches ; expanse of wings 

 24 inches. 



It was to be expected that the Grey Plover whould be 

 found wintering iu Liberia, although this is, I believe, the 

 first actual record of the species occurring there, where 

 jNIr. Lowe remarks that it is '' rare." 



Strepsilas interpres (Linn.). 



Arenaria interpres Reich, i. p. 142. 



a. ? . Nifu. 30th Dec, 1910. (No. 197.) 



Iris brown ; bill black ; feet yellow. 



Total length in the flesh 9J inches ; expanse of wings 

 10 inches. 



The Turnstone must be added to tlie list of Liberian birds. 

 The specimen Avhich Mr. Lowe procured is still in its winter 

 plumage ; it is an adult bii'd. 



Recurvirostra avocktta Linn. 



Recurvirostra avocetta Reich, i. p. 206. 



«, b. S ? • Walfish Bay and lagoon. 8th Dec, 1910, 

 & 31st March, 1911. (Nos. 76, 659.) 



Iris red ; bill black ; feet blue. 



Total length in the flesh 15?, inches; expanse of wings 

 30 inches. 



[Large numbers of these birds, from thirty to fifty in 

 a flock, were seen in Walfish Bay ; they were very wild and 

 consequently extremely hard to procuvR. — \V". P. L.] 



Sterna bal^narum (Strickl.). 



Sterna balaenarum Reich, i. p. 68. 



a,b. (^ ? . Walfish Bay. 8th Dec, 1910. (Nos. 54, 65.) 



Iris brown ; bill black, base of lower mandible yellowish ; 

 feet dirty yellow. 



Total length in the flesh 8j inches ; expanse of wings 

 20 inches. 



