456 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 
characterized species^ quite distinct from L. melanog aster, of 
which we have now eighteen specimens. 
In the adult male of L. lovati (fig. lOj p. 454) the primaries 
(except the first long fiiight-feathers) are mostly white, the 
outer quills being tipped with black, while two or three of 
the innermost are pure white at the tips. The secondaries 
have the basal three-fourths or three -fifths of the outer web 
pure white, while the greater secondary upper wing-coverts 
are similarly coloured, producing a uniform white band across 
the wing when closed. 
The young male of L. lovati has the primary- quills less 
white than those of the adult, while the outer webs of the 
secondaries have the basal three-fifths white widely barred 
with black. 
In the adult male of L. melanogaster {Hg. 11, p. 455) the 
predominating colour of the primaries is black, the inner 
webs of the quills being largely marked with white on the 
basal two-thirds. The secondaries are black, with one, or 
sometimes two, moderately wide bars or spots of white across 
the middle of the outer web; and the greater secondary 
upper wing-coverts are transversely marked with -^^-shaped 
black bars. 
The young male of L. melanogaster has the primary-quills 
whiter than those of the adult, and the white bars on the 
black outer webs of the secondaries somewhat wider, more 
irregular, and mottled with buif. 
The geographical distribution of the two species is, more- 
over, quite distinct. The British Museum contains examples 
from the following localities : — 
Lissotis lovati. 
Abyssinia (Riippell) ; Bilo (Blundell ^ Lovat), Sequala and 
Aila, S. Abyssinia (Pease) ; N. of Fashoda (^azt^A'er) ; Bahr- 
el-Ghazal [Flower) ; Bedjaf (£^mm); Lake Nakuru [Ansorge) 
and Kitwi, B. E. Africa [Crawshay). 
Hab. Abyssinia, westward to the Valley of the White Nile, 
south to Equatorial Africa, and ranging thence to British East 
Africa. 
