AVES. 431 



closed wing 9f, tail 4, tarsus 2|-, middle toe If, l)eak 

 from front lyV. 



251. L. senegallus (L.). 



Farra senegalla, L. Syst. Nat. ed. 12", I p. 259. 

 Lohivomellus senegalensis, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 406. 



Iris grey, clouded towards the pupil ; skin round eye 

 yellow ; wattle triangular, pointed below, stretching from 

 the eye to the beak, the upper portion red, lower yellow, 

 the two colours distinct, not blending ; beak yeUow, except 

 the tip of the upper mandible, which is black ; legs 

 greenish yellow. 



This Lapwing was only seen on the highlands near 

 Agula below 7,000 feet, and in the Anseba valley, and 

 was evidently scarce in both localities. 



252. Hoplopterus spinosus (L.). 



Kiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 407. 



Iris crimson ; legs and bill black. 



Only seen on the highlands on the banks of Lake 

 Ashangi, but it also occurred at Ailat, and on the edges of 

 a small stream at Amba near Massowa. Like the Indian 

 species H. vemtralis, it is probably mainly found on river 

 banks, and never away from fresh water. The cry is 

 precisely similar in both races. 



253. Glareola pratincola, L. 



G. Ivmbata, Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 113, t. xliii. 



I obtained two specimens at Eairo in Habab, at about 

 1,000 feet above the sea, on a grassy plain far from any 

 water. There is no question but that Riippell's species 



