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The Abyssinian Guinea-fowl {Numida ptilorhyncha). 
Boorgha country. 
Distinguished by a bunch of horny bristles at the base of the upper 
mandible. 
FULICAKI^ (The Rails). 
The Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cHstata). 
Sheik Mohamed. 
Head and neck black ; rest of plumage dull slate ; legs and bill gray ; above 
the white shield on the head are two knobs of chestnut ; pink bands just 
under feathers of thigh. Length 16 inches. 
ALECTORIDES (Bustards, Cranes, etc.). 
Small Bustard {Lophotis gindiana). 
Leferuke ; Guban. 
Iris yellow. 
Arabian Bustard (E. arabs). 
Ogaden. 
A very handsome bird. Length 29 :j inches. Back brown ; long brown 
crest on head ; beak dark green ; neck speckled gray and white ; breast 
white ; wings brown spotted with white ; legs greenish-yellow. 
Large Bustard (A. heuglini). 
Lehello. 
Iris brown ; crest dark brown ; throat and neck light slate blue, verging 
into rufous brown on chest ; breast and belly white ; back and wing- 
coverts mottled olive and black. 
Small Bustard {Heterotetrax humilis). 
Upper Sheik and on the Berbera-Hargaisa road. 
Breast white ; back and half of wings light brown, speckled like a gray hen ; 
rest dark brown ; legs and iris yellow. 
Large Bustard {Lissotis hartlaubi). 
Silo Plain. 
Lesser back, rump, upper and under tail-coverts, and tail black. Length 
27 inches. 
Bustard {Trachelotis canicollis). 
Near Toyo Plain. 
Length 22 inches. Iris pale yellow ; under parts white ; long under tail- 
coverts buff barred with black ; bill dull white. 
LIMICOLiE (Plovers, Snipe, etc.). 
The Small Courser {C. somalensis). 
Dagaboor ; Sogsoda. 
Colour light buff ; abdomen dirty white ; feathers of top of head have 
terminal black spots ; back and wings barred with black-brown ; throat 
dirty white ; tail buff barred with brown-black ; iris black. 
