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



24. Himantopus himantopus. 



Charadrius himantopus, Linn., " Syst. Nat.," vol. 1, p. 255 



(1766). 

 Himantopus auiumnalis (Hasselq.) : Bocage, " Orn. Angola," 



p. 470. 

 Himantopus himantopus, Sharpe, " Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 24, 



p. 310; Shelley, Ibis, 1898, p. 557 (Karonga); Id., Ibis, 



1 901, p. 167 (Mbara and Lake Mweru) ; Reichen., " Vug. 



Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 207. 

 Himantopus eandidus, Bonn. : W. L. Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa, 



Birds," vol. 4, p. 380. 



272. 3 ad. E. bank of Loangwa. June 25, 1905. 

 274. ? ad. E. bank of Loangwa. June 26, 1905. 

 Bill, black ; iris, crimson red ; feet, rose pink. 



A pair, the only ones seen, were nesting on a 

 sand-bank. Obtained by snaring. No nest was made, 

 the eggs being merely laid in a hollow amongst the stones. 

 Four eggs were found. 



The male bird was remarkable for much greater 

 length of leg than the female. 



25. Glottis nebularius. 



Scolopax nebularius, Gunner, in Leem, "Lapp. Beschr.," p. 251, 



(1767). 

 Totamis canescetis (Gm.) : Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 464. 

 Glottis nebularius, Sharpe, " Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 24, p. 481. 

 Totamis ntbularis, Shelley, Ibis, 1898, p. 557 (Karonga). 

 Totanus littoreus (Linn.): Reichen., "Yog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 



217. 

 Totanus glottis (Laih.) : W. L. Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, Birds,'' 



vol. 4, p. 392. 



520. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. Nov. 26, 1905. 

 Bill, black ; ventral surface of mandible, yellowish ; 

 iris, yellow ; feet, orange yellow. 



