Manchester Memoirs, Vol. li. (1907), No. 10. 13 



Oxyechus tricollaris, Sharpe, " Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 24,. 

 p. 247. 



288. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. June 30, 1905. 

 307. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. July 7, 1905. 

 541. S ad. Near Petauke. December 24, 1905. 

 Bill, black, pink base ; orbit, scarlet ; iris, brown ; feet, 

 flesh-colour, with dusky toes. 



" Goma " of the Asenga. Common on sand -banks on 

 the Loangwa. 



23. iEgialitis tenellus. 

 Charadrius tenellus, Hartl., "Faun. Madag./' p. 72 (1861). 

 ALgialitis margifiatus, Bocage {nee. Vieill.), " Orn. Angola,"' 



P- 433- 

 ^gialitis pallida (Strickl.), Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.,' r 



vol. 24, p. 284. 

 Charadrius marginatus tenellus, Reichen., " Vog. Afrikas," vol. \ r 



p. 171. 

 ^-Egialitis marginata pallida, W. L. Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa,. 



Birds," vol. 4, p. 373. 



207. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. June 4, 1905. 



371. 9 ad. E. bank of Loangwa. August 15, 1905. 



S Bill, black ; iris, brown ; feet, whitish. 



$ Bill, blackish ; iris, dark brown ; feet, greyish-pink ;. 

 blackish toes. 



"Ndiondio" of the Asenga. Common on sand- 

 banks on the Loangwa. The female was sitting on 3 eggs 

 laid on the shingle. 



The eggs of this species were found by Lieutenant 

 Boyd Alexander near Chichowa, on the Zambesi. The 

 two found by me measure as follows: — Axis, 1*2;. 

 diameter, "9. The markings on these eggs are of a 

 sepia-brown colour, and I do not see any of the reddish- 

 brown described by Alexander. 



