12 NEAVE, Collection of Birds from N.E. Rhodesia 



10, ii. $ juv. Bank of Zambesi, Feira district. June 

 22, 1904. 



172, 173. $ ? ad. Mbala Country. May 8, 1905. 



Bill, sulphur yellow ; iris, red. 



298. S imm. E. bank of Loangwa. July 4, 1905. 



477. ? ad. Near Kapopo, N.W. Rhodesia. Sept. 29, 

 1905. 



Not uncommon in long grass near rivers. Native 

 name, " Nkukuruzi." Has a barking note like a leopard. 



Order CHARADRIIFORMES. 



Family Charadriid.e. 



21. Xiphidopterus albiceps. 



Vanellus albiceps, Gould, P Z.S., 1834, p. 45 (Fernando Po). 

 Xiphidopterus albiceps, Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 24, 

 p. 147; Reichen., " Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 192. 



210. 6 ad. Bank of Loangwa. June 5, 1905. 



258. 9 a d. Bank of Loangwa. June 22, 1905. 



269. $ ad. Bank of Loangwa. June 25, 1905. 



Bill, black and yellow ; iris, pale greyish-green ; feet, 

 pale yellowish-green ; lappets, yellow, but internal proximal 

 half, black. 



Native name, " Kankolinkoli." Common on sand- 

 banks on the Loangwa. Has a harsh wailing cry. 



This is by far the most southern record for this species. 



22. Oxyechus tricollaris. 



Charadrius tricollaris, Vieiil., "N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat.," vol. 27, 

 p. 147 (1 8 1 8, Africa) ; Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, 

 p. 176. 



ALgialitis tricollaris, Bocage, " Orn. Angola," p. 433 ; W. L. 

 Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 4, p. 367. 



