332 APPENDIX. 



Family Glareolid^e. 



189. Glareola melanoptera, Nordm. ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 650. 



Black-winged Pratincole. 

 a. $ ,b. $ Branslow's Farm, Transvaal, December 8, 1873. ^ s 

 dark hazel. 



190. ^Egialitis TRICOLLARIS (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 662. Treble- 



collared Sand-Plover. 

 a. Durban, April 23, 1873. 



191. Hoplopterus SPECIOSUS (Licht.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 667. Black- 



and- White Spur-winged Plover. 



a. 9 Branslow's Farm, Transvaal, December 8, 1873. Iris dark 

 crimson. 



b. $ Shashi River, October 16, 1874. Iris crimson ; bill and legs 

 black. Beetles in stomach. 



c. Not labelled. 



192. Chettusia coronata (Temm.); Sharpe, t. c. p. 670. Crowned 



Lapwing. 



a. $ Boshof's Farm, Transvaal, June 20, 1873. ^ ris bright 

 yellow, with hazel ring round pupil. Stomach containing beetles and 

 grasshoppers. 



b. (J (testes very rudimentary). Tati, March 26, 1874. Iris hazel 

 round pupil, then yellow ; bill magenta, tip black ; legs and skin 

 round eye magenta ; claws black. 



Family SCOLOPACID^E. 



193. Machetes pugnax (L.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 685. PhilomacJws 



pugnax (L.) ; Sharpe in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, App. 

 p. 325 (1881). Ruff. 

 a. $ Mopani Pan, near Ramakwebani River, November 4, 1874. 

 Iris hazel ; bill dusky black, brownish at base ; legs dirty orange ; 

 claws black. 



194. Tringoides HYPOLEUCUS (L.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 686. 



Actitis hypoleucus (L.) ; Sharpe in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, 

 App. p. 325 (1881). Common Sandpiper. 



a. 9 Inyati, October 2, 1873. ^ riS dark hazel ; bill dusky, base 

 of lower mandible pale neutral tint ; legs pale violet ; feet and claws 

 dusky. 



b. $ Sibanani, December 7, 1874. Iris hazel; legs pale dirty 

 slate-colour ; base of lower mandible slate-colour ; rest of bill dusky 

 black. 



195. TOTANUS CANESCENS, Gm. ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 687. Green- 



shanks. 



