326 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 
a. $ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 2 January, 1899. 
(No. 89.) 
Iris yellow; bill yellow; legs, below joint brown, above 
yellow. 
256. Scopus umbretta. 
Scopus umbretta Gm.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 
p. 288 (1898). 
a. $ . Waha Zinzero, Abyssinia, 4 February, 1899. 
(No. 290.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs dark brown. 
257. Abdimia abdimii. 
Abdimia abdimii (Licht.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 
p. 292 (1898). 
a. <J. Mendi, Abyssinia, 14 April, 1899. (No. 482.) 
Iris brown; bill dull sage-green, red at tip; throat red ; 
sides of face blue, front of eye red; legs greenish, dark 
brownish red at joint and toes. 
258. Dissura episcopus. 
Dissura episcopus (Bodd.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxvi. p. 294 (1898). 
a . <$ . Philwaha, Abyssinia, 17 February, 1899. (No. 333.) 
Iris red; bill dark red and black; legs black. 
259. Neotis denhami. 
Neotis denhami Childr.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. 
p. 302 (1894). 
a. Head and neck of this very rare species. 
Iris brown; culmen dark, sides light slate-colour, all the 
underside of bill white ; legs pale yellow. 
Total length (measured in the flesh) 430 inches; expanse 
of wing 84*0. 
260. Lissotis lovati. 
Lissotis lovati Grant, Bull. B. O. C. vol. x. p. xxxix (1900). 
a. d>. Bilo, Abyssinia, 10 March, 1899. (No. 397.) 
[Type of the species .] 
Adult male. Most nearly allied to L . melanogaster (Rupp.), 
which it resembles in general appearance, but the middle 
