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and Avocet occur as far south as the Orange River Colon} 7 . 
The latter we did not happen to observe in East Africa. 
Snipes 
Five species are met with— 
1. Gallinago major —Solitary Snipe. Observed by us on Lake 
Elmenteita in February—see p. 146. Not common, but 
Archer tells us he shot several at Butiaba, Albert Nyanza, 
in November—December. 
2. 6r, gallinago. Common Snipe. 
3. G. gallinula. Jack-Snipe. 
Both quite exceptional in East Africa. Archer, however, 
shot a single example of each on the Albert Nyanza. 
4. G. nigripennis— Black-winged Snipe. This is the snipe of 
East Africa, abundant in winter on every marsh or 
splashy corner. It cannot, I think, be distinguished on 
the wing from our European snipe, whether by its flight 
or cry. Mr. Archer tells me that at Butiaba he shot all 
five species of snipe in one day’s march—the fifth being— 
5. Bhynchsea capensis— the Painted Snipe. 
Coursers 
I had not the luck to see any of these, though at least two 
species occur on the Athi Plains, and four have been recorded in 
East Africa— 
1. Temminck’s Courser— Cursorius temmineki. 
2. Hartlaub’s Courser— Bhinoptilus bisignatics. 
3. Banded Courser— B. cinctus, 
4. Bronze-winged Courser— B. chalcopterus . 
Pratincoles 
Pratincole— Glareola pratincola. Found in mid-winter in packs 
of thirty or forty on the driest and most arid plains of 
Athi, Naivasha and Baringo. Rising close at hand, they 
would only fly a few yards before all “plumped” down 
again in a mass. 
Archer found another Pratincole (G. emini ) breeding 
