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c. 2. Ain. August 17 (no. 88). 
d. Ain. August 17 (no. 39). 
e. do. Maragaz. July 27 (uo. 496). 
f. 2. Waliko. July 23 (no. 637). 
[Well distributed from the plains to the highlands of Tigré and Bogos.—W. J.] 
207. HIMANTOPUS AUTUMNALIS (Hasselqu.). 
Himantopus vulgaris, Ripp. Syst. Uebers. p. 126, no. 462; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 656. 
Himantopus autumnalis, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 758. 
a.-@. Senafé. April 27 (no. 433). 
Not noticed from Abyssinia by Dr. Riippell and von Heuglin; the latter says, goes 
as far to the south as Cordofahn.—0O. F. 
[Iris dark brown; beak black; legs and feet red. 
The only specimen which came under my notice.—W. J. ] 
Fam. RALLID. 
208. RaLLus RouGETI, Guér. 
Rallus rougeti, Guérin, Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 322. 
abyssinicus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 127. no. 478, t. 46; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 670. 
a. 9. Lake Ashangi. May. 
[Given me by Mr. W. T. Blanford; killed by him at Lake Ashangi.—W. J.] 
209. GALLINULA CHLOROPUS (Linn. ). 
Gallinula chloropus, Rupp. Syst. Uebers. p. 128. no. 479; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 671; id. Fauna 
des Roth. Meer. no. 281; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 787. no. 408. 
a. 6. Senafé. May (no. 1556). 
Von Heuglin had already noticed this species from Abyssinia.—0O. F. 
[Iris brown. 
I shot one other specimen at Goongoona: in no. 1556 the wing had a very small spur. 
Did not see this bird elsewhere— VV. J. ] 
NATATORES. 
Fam. ANATID. 
210. CHENALOPEX GYPTIACA (Linn. ). 
Chenalopex egyptiaca, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 187. no. 487; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 682; id. 
Fauna des Roth. Meer. no, 285; Brehm, Habesch, p. 228. no. 159; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel 
Ostafr. p. 803. no. 415. 
