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At Koomaylee, on the plains, I saw very few in March and April; by the end of 
June they were to be found in great numbers.—//. /. | 
GALLIN~. 
Fam. PTEROCLID/. 
177. Prrrocies Exustus, Temm. 
Pterocles exustus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 106. no. 384; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 537; id. Fauna 
d. Rothen Meer. no. 222. 
senegalensis, Licht. (nec Sws.). 
a. 2. Mai Wallet. August 18. 
The specimen agrees very well with the figure in the Pl. Col. 360.—0. FP. 
[The only specimen procured by me.—//. J. | 
178. PTEROCLES LICHTENSTEINI, Temm. 
Pierocles lichtensteini, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 563; Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 106. no. 387 ; 
Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 539; id. Fauna d. Roth. Meer. no. 224. 
quadricinctus, Brehm, Habesch, p. 228. no. 130. 
a. 2. Koomaylee. June 3. 
6. $. Sahati. June 23 (no. 139). 
c. 3. River Amba. August 19. 
d. 2. River Amba. August 19. 
e. River Amba. August 19. 
f. 6. River Amba. August 19. 
[Skin round the eye chrome-yellow; legs and feet chrome-yellow. 
Very plentiful from the shore to the lower range of hills at Koomaylee, also Sahati. 
Eylet, and Amba.—//. /.} 
Fam. MELEAGRID#. 
179. Numa prinoryncwa, Licht. 
Numida ptiloryncha, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. pp. 102 et 105. no. 373, t. 39; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 
no. 520; zd. Fauna d. Rothen Meer. no. 218; Brehm, Habesch, p. 222. no. 124; Finsch & 
Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 570. no. 304. 
a. 2. Koomaylee. April 22 (no. 115). 
6. Senafé. May. 
c. Senafé. May. 
d. 3. Araflé. June 6. 
The female is similar to the male; it has also the horny appendices on the base of 
the bill. Dr. Brehm affirms that they are wanting in the female.—0. F. 
[Alluding to Dr. Brehm’s assertion that the female does not possess the horny 
