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BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA 
Order, Charadriiformes. 
Parra africana ; the “Lily-trotter” or Jacana. 
(Edicnemus capensis ; the Thick-knee. 
Cursorius ( Rhinoptilus) c/ialcopteros ; a Courser. 
Glareola pratincola; the collared Pratincole. 
PLOVERS. 
Lobivanellus albiceps ) 
Lobivanellus senegalus ) 
Vanellus inornatus . 
Vanellus speciosus I 
Vanellus crassiroslris f 
Vanellus leucopterus ) 
Charadrius pecuarius 1 
Oxyechus tricollaris f 
Spur-winged Plovers. 
Lapwings. 
Shore Plovers. 
SNIPE AND STILT PLOVERS. 
Tringa subarquata; a Knot. 
Tringa minuta. 
Machetes pugnax; the common Ruff. 
To/anus hypoleucus 'j 
Tetanus glareola Greenshanks. 
Totanus nebularius ) 
Gallinago nigripennis; the South African 
Woodcock. 
Rhynchaea capensis; the painted Snipe. 
Himantopus himantopus; the Stilt Plover. 
Order, Lariformes. 
gulls. 
Larus cirrhocephalus; the striped-headed Gull 
Hydrochelidon leucoptera; the white-winged Tern. 
Rhynchops flavirostris; the orange-beaked Scissorbill. 
Order, Columbiformes. 
pigeons. 
Vinago delalandii ; Delalande’s Fruit-pigeon. 
Columba arquatrix; the Great purple Wood-pigeon. 
Haplopelia johnstoni (sp. nov.); Johnston’s Dove. 
Turtur semitorquatus ) 
. , • , f Turtle Doves. 
1 urtur capicola ) 
Chalcopelia afra; the bronze-spotted ground Dove. 
Tympanistria tympanistria; the white-breasted Wood-dove. 
