514 . DR-R. B. SHARPS ON BiEBS [May 21, 



Bari jSTegroes ou the Upper Kir Eiver in 5° N. lat. Dr. Eeichenow 

 records it from the Victoria JN^yanza, Mkaramo, and Masai-land. 

 It has also been obtained by Mr. Hunter near the Useri Eiver. 



163. HoPLOPTEEtrS spinosus. 



Hoplopterus spinosus (Linn.) ; Heugl. Oi'n. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1004 

 (1873); Oust. t. c. p. V2 (1886); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) 

 i. p. 219 (1884), vi. p. 300 (1888) : id. Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) 

 xliv. p. 563 (1894 : Gurat) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. 

 p. 157 (1895). 



Vanellus spinosus, Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 36 (1894). 



a. (S ad. Lubba-gait, Jan. 8, 1895. Iris red. 



The Spiu'-winged Plover occurs throughout North-eastern 

 Africa from Egypt to Nubia, and, according to Heuglin, on the 

 Atbara, the Lower White and Blue Niles, and in the swamps of 

 Eastern Kordofan. In Abyssinia and along the coast of the Eed 

 Sea it is only met with on the streams of the hot valleys. He also 

 saw a pair of this Plover on the Djur Eiver. Antinori procured 

 several specimens at Lake Cialalaka in Shoa in April and May, 

 and Dr. Eagazzi in the same locality in February and June. 

 Dr. Eeichenow records it from Masai-land and the Victoria 

 Nyauza. 



164. Stephanibyx coeonata. 



Steplianihyx coronatus (Bodd.), Salvad. Ann. Mus. G-enov. (2) i. 

 p. 220 (1884) ; id. Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 564 (1894 : 

 Plains of the Warandab); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. 

 p. 178 (1895). 



Chettusia coronata, Oust. t. c. p. 12 (1886). 



Vanellus coronattis, Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 35 

 (1894). 



a. $ ad. Bordwain, Jan. 1, 1895. Irides golden yellow ; base 

 of bill vermilion ; feet vermilion. 



Though not mentioned by Heuglin in his great work, the species 

 was once obtained in Shoa by Antinori, at Daimbi in May. In 

 the Steppe-land of East Africa Dr. Eeichenow says it is not rare, 

 and he records it from numerous localities fi'om Masai-land to 

 Bukome. 



165. OXTECHUS TEICOLLAEIS. 



Charadrius tricollaris, Vieill. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1027 

 (1873) ; Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 34 (1894). 



^(/ialitis tricollaris, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Grenov. (2) i. p. 218 

 (1884), vi. p. 309 (1888) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 417 ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1892, p. 544. 



Oxyechus tricollaris, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. p. 247 

 (1895). 



a. S ad. Lafarok, July 12, 1894. 



Heuglin states that this little Plover is not x'are along the brooks 



