516 BB. K. 15. SUARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, 



Order RALLIFOEMES. 



168. FULICA CEISTATA. 



Fulica cristata, Gin. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Air. ii. p. 1222 (1873); 

 Salvad. Ajin. Mus. G-enov. (2) i. p. 225 (1884), vi. p. 313 (1888) ; 

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

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 215 (1894) ; Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch- 

 Ost-Afr. p. 50 (1894). 



a. 2 ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 3, 1894. Legs and bill grey ; 

 shield greyish -\A-hite, with two chocolate-coloured bulbs at 

 the posterior end ; iris red. 



Found by Heughn in large flocks on Lake Tana at the end o£ 

 April and the beginning of May, by Lefebvre in Enderta in 

 May, and by Mr. Blauford also common on Lake Ashangi. It 

 appears to be migratory, as Heuglin states that he never saw any 

 on Lake Tana in the winter months (February and March). 

 Antinori procured several specimens on Lake Cialalaka in Shoa, 

 in April and JNIay, and Dr. Eagazzi also met with the species there 

 in February ; Dr. Eeichenow records it fi-om the Masai Steppes 

 and Victoria Nyanza. 



Order COLUMBIFOEMES. 



169. VnfAGO W A ALIA. 



Treron loaalia, Gm. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 817 (1871); 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 414 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 205 

 (1884), vi. p. 302 (1888). 



Vinarjo waalia, Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 15 (1893) ; id. 

 Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 561(1894: Mandera and 

 GooHs Mts.). 



a. d ad. Near Selon, Aug. 9, 1894. Iris vermilion, with a 

 ring of blue ; bill grey ; nostrils dark red ; feet light yellow- 

 ochre. 



A resident species in North-eastern Africa, as it was observed 

 by Heuglin in every month except June and July. From the 

 mountains of Abyssinia south-west over the whole country to 

 Fazogl and the district of the White Nile to the Djur and Kosanga 

 rivers. Its northern limit is the Anseba Valley and Ain. The 

 Italian travellers met with it in Shoa in March, April, and May. 



170. COLTTMBA ALBITOEQUES. 



Columba alhitorques, Eiipp. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 826 

 (1871) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. {2) i. p. 206 (1884), vi. p. 303 

 (1888); id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 265 (1893). 



a. 6 ad.; b, c. $ ad. Ginnier, Nov. 17, 1894. Iris dark 

 browTi; legs crimson. 



Found in Eastern and Central Abyssinia, where, says Heuglin, 



