432 ZOOLOGY. 



was founded on a young bird. The Eastern form G. 

 orientalis, distinguished by having the tail square and 

 not forked, does not appear to be found so far west as 

 the coasts of the Ked Sea. 



254. Dromas ardeola, PaykulL 



Paykull, Hand. k. Vetenk. Acad. Stockholm, 1805, p. 108, t. viii. 



Id. Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 439. 



Erodia amipMlensis, Salt, App. p. Ixi. and plate. 



Not rare on the coast, usually in small flocks. 



Family SCOLOPACID^. 



255. Numenius arquatus, L. 



Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 452. 



Common on the shore in winter. 



356. N. phaeopus, L. 



Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 453. 



A single specimen obtained at Massowa on August 25. 



257. Scolopax gallinago, L. 



Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 470. 



Common on the highlands in the winter months. 

 There were many in marshy spots on the shores of Lake 

 Ashangi ; as late as the beginning of May, eight to ten 

 couple were shot by a single officer on two afternoons, 

 in about a couple of hours' time. 



258. Rhynchaea bengalensis (L.). 



Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 469. 



The Painted Snipe was only met with in reeds on 

 the banks of running water at Ailat and Ain, near 



