334 Mr. W. P. Pycraft on the 



smaller. The median wing-coverts are broadly tipped with 

 Avhite, and the thighs, vent, and under tail-coverts wliitish 

 huff instead of pale cinnamon-brown. Iris lemon-white ; 

 bill and inside of the mouth black ; feet grey. 



Total length 190 mm. ; culmen 24 ; wing 92 ; tail 86 ; 

 tarsus 33. 



In L. barbarus the wing-measurement varies considerably, 

 from 108-117 mm. in males, and from 99-101 mm. in 

 females. 



Hab. JSIufumbiro Volcanos and apparently extending its 

 range to the southern shores of Lake Edward. 



The type is in the British Museum. Adult. Vichumbi, 

 4.xii.l0. Presented by Mrs. M. Roby. 



The nearly adult female, shown in the background of the 

 plate, was obtained by Mr. T. V. Fox. It is similar to 

 the above, but has the back duller black and the vermilion 

 of the throat tinged with yellowish. 



XVII, — Remarks on the Syrinx of the Scolopacidse. 

 By W. P. Pycraft, M.B.O.U. &c. 



(Text-figures 6-9.) 



[By permission of the Trustees of the Briti&h Museum.] 



Having recently had occasion to look somewhat closely 

 into the life-histories of the Woodcock and the Snipes, at 

 any rate of our British species, I made a point of examining 

 one or two features of anatomical interest which had been 

 discussed, and it seemed to me unsatisfactorily, by others. 

 The following pages are submitted as a summary of these 

 investigations, mainly in so far as they concern the syrinx. 

 Other aspects will be dealt with later. 



Historically there is little to be said. On looking up 

 the literature of the subject I find that, contrary to my 

 belief, a figure of the syrinx of the Jack Snipe was ])ublished 



