1895.] TKOM WESTEEK SOMALI-LAJTD. 519 



land, and is a resident species. Antinoii did not meet with this 

 Pigeon in Shoa, but Dr. Eagazzi found it common near the streams 

 of Falle in March. Mr. Jackson procured a specimen on Mt. 

 Elgon in February, and it is recorded by Dr. Eeichenow from a 

 number of localities between Dar-es-Salaam and the Victoria 

 Nyanza. 



Order PTEEOCLETES. 



177. Pteeoclttbus exfstus. 



Pterocles exustus, Temm. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 855 

 (1873); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 306 (1888); Eeichen. 

 Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 55 (1894). 



Pteroclurus eancstus, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 12 

 (1893); Salvad. t. c. p. 561 (1894: Hento Valley : Lido Mts.). 



a,b. cJ; c, d. 2 ad. Milmil, July 30, 1894. 



This Sand-Grouse is common in Egypt, and reaches along the 

 Nile to Northern Nubia. Heuglin met with it in Arabia Peti-sea 

 and on the Eed Sea south to Massowa. Dr. Eagazzi procured 

 it once at Cialalaka in Shoa, in February. Dr. Eeichenow states 

 that it has occurred in Aruscha, on the Masai Steppes, and in 

 the Kilima-njaro district. 



178. Pterocles decoeatus. 



Pterocles decoratus, Cab. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 870 

 (1873) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 549 ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxii. p. 21 (1893) ; Salvad. t.c. p. 561 (1894 : Habir Valley) ; 

 Eeichen. Vcig. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 54 (1894). 



a. e ad. Okoto, Sept. 8, 1894. 



Found, according to Dr. Eeichenow, at Mkaramo, the Masai 

 Steppes, the Kilima-njaro district, Lake Jipi, the Eonga Eiver, 

 and the "Wambere Steppes. Mr. Jackson procured it on the Tsauro 

 Eiver. 



Order GALLIFOEMES. 



179. ACETLLIUM VTrLTUEINTJM. 



Numida vultunna, Hardw. ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 414. 



Acryllium vuUunnum (Hardw.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 554 ; 

 Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 385 (1893) ; Salvad. 

 Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 562 (1894) ; Eeichen. Vog. 

 Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 74, fig. 36 (1894). 



a. cS ad. Ducheto, Aug. 10, 1894. Iris scarlet; bare head and 



neck grey ; bill grey, lighter at point. 



b. 2 ad. Shebeli, Sept. 8, 1894. 



This East-African species is found in the Teita district, on the 

 Pangani, in TJzaramo, Aruscha, the Eonga Eiver, and the Masai 

 Steppes, 



