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GENBBA AND SPECIES OF BIBDS. 



Sub-Order VI. CEDICNEMI. 

 (Sharpe, Classif. B. p. 73, 1891.) 



Family I. (EDICNEMID-ffi. 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. p. 2, 1896.) 



I. (EDICNEMUS, Temm. 



(Sharpe, t. c. p. 3.) 



1 . oedicnemus {Linn.), (p. 4.) 



2. saharae, Beichen. * 



(cedicnemus, pt., p. 4.) 



3. senegalensis, Swains, (p. 10.) 



4. vernjiculatus, Cab. (p. 11.) 



5. buttikoferi, Seichen., Orn. MB. 1898, p. 182. 



6. bis^riatus (Wagler). (p. 12.) 



7. dominicensis, Cory. (p. 14.) 



8. superciliaris, Tsohudi. (p. 14.) 



9. capensis, Licht. (p. 15.) 



10. affinis, Biipp. (p. 17.) 



0. & S. Europe, 

 E. to Central Asia. 

 N.E. Africa, Indian 



Peninsula, Burmese 



countries I 



Deserts of Northern 

 Africa. 



W. Africa (Senegainbia 



to Gaboon). 

 N.E. Africa to Egypt. 



S.E. & S.W. Africa to 



the Congo. 

 E. Africa to the 



Victoria Nyanza. 



Liberia. 



C. America to Colombia, 



Guiana & Amazonia. 



San Domingo. 



Western Peru. 



S. & S.W. Africa. 

 E. Africa. 



N.E. Africa. 

 Equatorial Africa. 



* Dr. Beichenow writes to me that he oorisiders (E. sdharm to be a distinct species, 

 so that I have reinstated it in the ' Hand-list ' for the present. Personally, I do not 

 believe it to be distinct, any more than I do (E. indicus {of. Oat. B. p. 6), 'though 

 Dr. Bianchi writes that he considers this form bIbo to be quite recognizable. 



