458 Mr. W. R. Osril vie- Grant on 
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167. Glareola pratincola. 
Glareola pratincola (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxiv. p. 53 (1896) ; Witherby, p. 278. 
a-d. S ? • Kaka, 3rd March. Nos. 101, 103-105. 
Iris hazel ; bill black, crimson at gape ; legs and feet 
black. 
[The Pratincole was fairly common, and genei-ally seen in 
huge flocks on the islets of the White Nile. These flocks 
have a curious habit of rising and going through evolutions 
in the air, mounting up to a great height in a spiral. When 
I first saw one of these living spirals I thought that it was a 
" dust-devil '^ gone up to a great height, until I looked at it 
through a telescope. After the spiral manoeuvre, the birds 
split up into several flocks and separate in diff'erent directions, 
eventually settling once more on an islet in the river. — 
R. M. H.] 
168. Phyllopezus africanus. 
Phyllopezus africanus (Gmel.) ; Grant & Reid, p. 689. 
a. Ad. Kaka, 28th Feb. No. 79. 
b-d. cT et ? imm. 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 19th Mar.- 
6th Apr. Nos. 142, 143, & 300. 
Iris hazel ; bill bluish grey on frontal plate, bluer on actual 
bill, and shading into dusky at the tip ; legs and feet olive- 
brown . 
[This Jacana was common along the banks of the river 
and the khors south of Abba Island. — R. M. H.] 
Referring to the ' Catalogue of Birds ' (xxiv. p. 68), I find 
that some error has crept in there, for the characters ascribed 
to Phyllopezus are not applicable either to P. africanus or 
P. albinucha^ both of which possess a large flat shield 
attached posteriorly to the crown. 
169. Microparra capensis. 
Microparra capensis (Smith) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxiv. p. 89 (1896). 
a. ^ imm. Fashoda, 31st March. No. 263. 
Iris brown; bill olivaceous, darker at the tip ; legs and 
feet olivaceous. 
An immature bird with the crown of the head dull brown. 
