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common lapvnng. A bird like this is common in Egypt, which 
is said to feed out of the mouth of the crocodile ! 
M. Tringa, not described? Killed on the coast of Abyssinia y behind the 
village of Madir, in the bay of Amphila. Its stomach on opening it 
was full of locusts. Two specimens. 
55. Ardea pondiceriana I. O. ii. 702. Two specimens, male and female, 
found at the bottom of the bay of Amphila ; they ivait the falling of 
the tides, and feed on the marine productions : they are ivhen alive 
very handsome and active birds. (^Quere if not a new genus ?) 
66. Alaiida, new species. (Two specimens.) These larks are common on 
the desert islands of Amphila, ivhere few land birds could exist: they 
are also frequent on the coast. Their colour so nearly resembles 
that of the sandy ground, that they are with difficulty distinguished 
from it. It may loith great propriety be termed the desert lark'^ 
57. Cursorius Europaeus. I. O. ii. 751. This bird was shot on a sandy plain 
near the Tacas!ze river in Abyssinia ; it has the same character 
as 56, being completely suited for the desert. 
58. Rollus capensis. I. O. ii. 2^Q. Killed in a small river at Gibba, in 
Abyssinia ; manner like a water-hen, 
59. to 63. Parra Africana. 1. O. ii, 764. Five specimens, four of which 
were shot in a small fresh water lake belonging to Signior Montero af 
Mosambique ; the other was shot at Chelicut, in Abyssinia. 
64-5. Gallinula not described. A water bird^ killed on the same lake 
as 59. S^c. at Mosambique ; tivo specimens. 
— Not numbered. Vespertilio. A small bat killed at Chelicut, where 
they are common. A much larger species teas seen in the caves 
,of Caleb Negus, near Awum, 
