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CharadriidaB. 



Cursorius somalensis Shell. 



Ri iiw. I, i>. 154. 



()n a tree-less plain near Lekiundu river I observed a small flock of this Courser 

 ruiming away when I came riding on my niule, and I shot two. 



Length of wing in a male 129 mm, in a female 135 mm,tarsus 55 mm in the former, 

 57 in the latter; bill 27 resp. 28 mm. Iris dark brown. 



As far as is known this Courser appears to be a typical Somalibird which lias not 

 been found as far southwest before, and it forms a beautiful proof for the extension of the 

 Somalifauna to the region round Guaso N}åri. 



Rhinoptilus cinctus Heugl. 



Rchw. I, p. 1(!0. 



Specimens of this species were shot near Lekiundu river on an acacia-steppe with 

 scattered bushes and scanty grass, and at several localities in the thornbush north of 

 Guaso Nyiri. It was not shy and in the heat of the day it often seeked shelter against 

 the fierce sunrays under some bush. When driven from there by the approach of man it 

 only ran to some other bush or flew for a short distance and then alighted again and ran 

 away. 



Charadrius tricollaris Vieill. 



Rchw. I, p. 176. 



On the sandbanks in Guaso Nyiri this species was seen now and then but not very 

 often. At a small pool in the other wise dry riverbed at Njoro north of Guaso Nyiri it oc- 

 curred constantly and probably bred there because male and female were shot together 21 /z. 



Eyelid yellowish red, bill red basally, legs of the male reddish grey, those of the 

 female red. 



Stephanibyx melanopterus (Cretzschm.). 



Rchw. I, p. 179. 



The 26th of December I succeeded in obtaining two specimens of this kind out of a 

 flock which was found on the open steppe-country outside Nairobi. The ventricle was 

 found to contain remains of beetles. 



Iris of a male specimen yellow with a greenish tint near the pupil. Eyelids with 

 a red margin. Legs and feet reddish grey. 



Stephanibyx coronatus (Bodd.). 



Rchw. I, p. 180. 



Open places in the thornbush north of Guaso Nyiri were often inhabited by this 

 species, and specimens were obtained there. In a bush-steppe between Juja farm and 



