97 | Vol. xxxix. 
Eurystomus glaucurus Miiller 
is another species with a curious range. 
The type-locality of Z. glaucurus is Madagascar, and it is 
found on the neighbouring island of Anjuan. It has also 
been recorded from Aldabra, where, however, it is apparently 
only accideatal and not resident. 
From the African mainland, there are three skins in the 
British Museum from Nyasaland (Kotakota and Palombi) ; 
while Reichenow records it from the late German East 
Africa (Langenburg, a town at the extreme north of Lake 
Nyasa), from Pemba Island, and from Portuguese East 
Africa (Quilimane and Mocambique). 
It has now been obtained by Dr. Christy, who shot three 
specimens, all males, at Poko, on the Welle River, in the 
extreme north of the Belgian Congo, between the 8th and 
13th of July, 1914. 
This extends the known range of this species the enormous, 
distance of 1000 miles (1600 kilometres) further north. 
Himantornis hematopus whitesidei Sharpe. 
Dr. Christy was fortunate enough to obtain two examples 
of the rare Rail, a female and an unsexed bird. Both were 
obtained at Poko on the Welle River, one on the 7th of July 
and the other on the 2nd of September, 1914. The eye of 
this species is recorded on the label to be pale dull yellow. 
The type was obtained by Mr. Whiteside on the Lulanga 
River, Congo (1° N. lat., 18° E. long.), in July 1909, and 
described as a new species by the late Dr. Sharpe in the 
‘ Bulletin’ of this Club, vol. xxv. p. 19. 
Although a very striking bird, I can only consider it as a 
subspecies of Himantornis hematopus hematopus. 
I can find no record of this Rail having been obtained 
since the type was seeured. Dr. Christy’s birds are there- 
fore of very special value,.and it is worthy of note that they 
were obtained a considerable distance from the type-locality, 
Mr. P. F. Bunyarp exhibited two clutches of four eggs of 
the Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), which he considered to be 
