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Mr. D. G. Elliot on Phasianus ignitus. 
[Mr. Ayres forwards, in all, eight of these Plovers, all shot 
in September, and four of them still retaining some remains 
of the rufous gorget assumed during the breeding-season.— 
J. H.G.]. 
Galinago major (Gmel.) Solitary Snipe. 
Male, a moulting specimen, killed 16th January. 
Gallinago ^quatorialis, Eiipp. Black-quilled Snipe. 
Female, a moulting specimen, killed 27th December. 
[In a letter dated 30th April, 1878, Mr. Ayres mentions, 
as an unusual circumstance, that these Snipes were at that 
time breeding near Potchefstroom, their more usual nesting¬ 
time being in August*.—J. H. G.] 
307. Tringa subarquata, Gmel. Curlew Sandpiper. 
The specimen sent was shot 24th November on some mud- 
banks in a swamp near Potchefstroom, in company with 
several others of this species and of other Sandpipers, inclu¬ 
ding Tringa minuta. 
[The bird sent is in full winter dress.—J. H. G.] 
Hydrochelidon leucoptera (Temm.). White-winged 
Tern. 
Male and female, immature, shot 24th November. 
Several of these Terns were hawking over a swamp some 
eight miles from Potchefstroom, with a slow, uncertain, wavy 
flight. The stomachs of those sent contained insects. 
XXXI.— Remarks upon the Phasianus ignitus of Latham and 
the allied Species. By D. G. Elliot, F.B.S.E. &c. 
In a communication to this Journal published in the January 
number of the present year, I stated that as soon as I should 
have an opportunity of examining the specimen of the Fire- 
backed Pheasant with chestnut flanks, referred by Mr. Sclater 
to Phasianus ignitus^ Lath., I would give my opinion as 
to its specific value. On a late visit to London I found in 
the collection of the British Museum a single specimen of this 
^ Conf. Ibis, 1869, p. 302. 
