Manchester Memoirs, Vol. li. (1907), No. 10. II 



Chalcopelia chatcospilos, Erlanger, Orn. M.B., 1901, p. 183 ; 

 Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 12, p. 83 (1902); 

 Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 3, Nachtrag, p. 8ji. 

 23. ad. Zambesi Valley, Feira district. July 25, 

 1904. 



235. $ ad. Ulungu Mountain, W. Loangwa. June 



13, I905- 



Bill, blackish ; iris, dark brown \feet, purplish. 



Common all over the country. Native name, "Nia- 

 kutundulu." 



Order RALLIFORMES. 

 Family RaLLID^E. 



19. Crex egregia. 



Crex egregia, Peters, Monatsb. k. Preuss. Akad. Berlin, 1854, p. 



134 (Mozambique) ; Reichen., " Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 



278 ; W. L. Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa, Birds, vol. 4, p. 248. 

 Ortygometra egregia, Bocage, " Orn. Angola," p. 479. 

 Crecopsis egregia, Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 23, p. 81. 



139,142. $, $ ad. Lichunio, near Petauke. April 11, 

 1905. 



Bill, grey, black above in middle line, with amethyst 

 base ; orbit, orange red ; iris, bright red ; feet, olive brown. 



" Sapata " of the Asenga. I did not meet with this 

 elsewhere. 



20. Limnocorax niger. 



Rallus niger, Gm., " Syst. Nat.," vol. 1, p. 717 (1788: Cape of 

 Good Hope and other parts of Africa). 



Limnocorax niger, Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 481; Sharpe, 

 "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 23, p. 150; Shelley, Ibis, 1898, 

 p. 381 (Lake Shirwa), Id., Ibis, 1901, p. 167 (Karungwesi 

 and Mbara); Reichen., " Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 279; 

 W. L. Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 4, p. 260. 



