1895.] FBOM WESTERN SOM:ALI-t,A.ND. 5l3 



Theristicus ImcocenTuilus, Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. d. bb 

 (1894). ^ 



a. s ad. Bainhou, Jan. 10, 1894. Iris white ; ridge at base 

 of upper mandible crimson ; cere black. 



Heuglin considers this species to be a resident in the southern 

 portions of North-eastern Africa. It uas tolerably common on the 

 White and Blue Xiles, as well as on the Sobat, and according to 

 Eiippell it is found on Lake Tana in Abyssinia. It does not 

 apparently reach to Khartoum, but Heuglin once saw the species 

 near Abu Haraz and on the Schiluk Islands. 



The species was not met with in Shoa by the Italian travellers, 

 but Mr. Jackson has obtained it ou the Victoria Xyanza, and 

 Dr. Eeichenow further records it from Ussambara, Ugalla, 

 Aruscha, and Teita. 



Order CHAEADRIIEOKMES. 



160. (Edicnemus affikis. 



(Ediciumus affinis, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 990 (1873) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 17 (1895). 



a, h. $ ad. Sibbe, Aug. 3, 1894. Base of bill and feet yellow ; 

 tarsi and toes mottled with brown down the front. 



A resident species, according to Heuglin, from the Samhar coast 

 to the Somali country. In September and October he met with 

 ifc in Eastern Kordofan, at the foot of the Arashkol Mountains, 

 and between the months of November and January in the country 

 of the Upper Kir and Gazelle Eivers. Mr. Blauford procured the 

 species in the Anseba Valley in Bogos-land. 



161. EhiKOPIILUS HAKTEfGI. 



Rhimptilus gracilis (nee Cab.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 416. 

 Bhimptilus hartingi, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. n. 4H 

 (1895). ' 



a. 2 ad. Ahdeh, July 14, 1894. 



b. d ]\iv. Sibbe, Sept. 3, 1894. Legs greyish white, overlapped 



edge of each scale grey, merging into a bright white on the 

 overlapping edge. 



This is the Somali-land form of R. bisignatvs. 



162. Ehinoptiltjs crsrcTtrs. 



Cursonux cinctus, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 972 (1873) ; 

 Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 32 (1894). 



Rhinoptilus cinctus, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 416 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 46, pi. iii. fig. 2 (1895). 



a. $ ad. Selon, Aug. 8, 1894. Iris black ; legs dirty white. 

 h. cJ ad. Lammo, Aug. 12, 1894. Iris brown; base of bill 

 yeUow. 



This species was discovered by Heuglin in the country of the 

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