AVES. 433 



Massowa. Only two or three birds were seen at each 

 place. The specimens are quite undistinguishable from 

 Indian ones. 



259. Terekia cinerea (Gm.). 



A single specimen shot at ZuUa in January. 



260. Actitis hypoleucos (L.). 



Totanvs hypoleucos, Kiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 458. 



Common near inland streams. I only collected speci- 

 mens on the Anseba. 



261. A. ochropus (L.), 



Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 460. 



Common on the highlands. I did not note its occur- 

 rence on the coast. 



262. Tetanus calidris, Bechst. 



Scolopax calidris, Salt, No. 52, App. p. xlviii. 

 T. calidris, Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 459. 



A single specimen obtained on the coast in January. 



263. Tringa cinclus, L. 



Obtained at the same place and about the same time 

 as the last. 



264. T. minuta, Bechstein. 

 Also shot at Zulla. 



Family EALLID^. 



265. Rallus Rougeti, Guer. 



Gu^riu, Kev. Zool. 1844, p. 322.— Ferr. et GaJ. iii. p. 253. 

 B. abyssinicus, Biipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 127, t. xlvi. 



Iris duU red ; beak also duU red ; legs reddish brown. 

 Common amongst reeds and bushes in swamps, and on 



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