1869.]| MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PELECANUS. 571 
+27. GLAREOLA PRATINCOLA. 
Glareola pratincola (Linn.); Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 210. 
“No. 15. Ambriz, November 26, 1868, Large numbers flying 
high in the air, with a flight between that of a Swallow and a Sand- 
piper. Gizzard and stomach full of flies and other winged insects. 
Only seen for one day. Eyes dark slate-colour.”’—J. J. M. 
The specimen sent is a young bird, apparently G. pratincola and 
not G. nordmanni. Most of the under wing-coverts are rufous, but 
some of them, especially near the edge of the wing, are quite black, 
while others are decidedly getting black. In case, however, I may 
be mistaken, I think it best to give a description of the specimen in 
detail. 
Above dark brown, deepest on the head and scapularies, the whole 
upper plumage mottled with pale brown edgings to the feathers ; 
eyebrow pale brown; primary coverts and quills dark brown, the 
secondaries tipped with rufous-white; rump and upper tail-coverts 
pure white ; tail deeply forked, white at the base and for the greater 
part of the feathers, the outer feathers brown towards the tip; chin 
and throat pale yellowish brown, the latter longitudinally striped 
with dark brown; cheeks and ear-coverts greyish brown, the latter 
paler, the former broadly striped with dark brown; breast pale 
ochreous brown, the upper portion and the sides of the neck mottled 
with dark brown; abdomen and under tail-coverts pure white ; under 
wing-coverts rufous, the feathers along the bend of the wing black, 
mottled with reddish brown, the edge of the wing white, and all the 
feathers along the radius partly black ; bill and feet black, or nearly 
so. 
+28. NuM&NIUS MADAGASCARIENSIS. 
Numenius madagascariensis, Briss. ; Hartl. Faun. Madag. p- 773 
Schl. & Poll. Faun. Mad. Ois. p. 133. 
«‘ Ambriz, December 1868.’’—J. J. M. 
This Curlew seems to me to be avery good species, totally distinct 
from N. arquatus or its southern form N. major, Schl. Its occurrence 
in West Africa is here recorded for the first time. 
29. ACTITIS HYPOLEUCOSs. 
“River Loge at Ambriz.”—J. J. M. 
7. A Monograph of the Genus Pelecanus. 
By D. G. Exxior, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &e. 
(Plate XLIV.) 
This paper was written chiefly in Philadelphia, where my oppor- 
tunities for investigating the species were most favourable ; for in 
the magnificent collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 
