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275. OxYECHUS TRICOLLARIS. 
Oxyechus tricollaris (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxiv, p. 247 (1896) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 423. 
a. S. Waha Zinzero, Abyssinia, 4 February, 1899. 
(No. 289.) 
Iris brown; eyelid red ; bill dark ; legs dull yellow. 
276. .ZEgialitis dubia. 
AZgialitis dubia Scop.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiv. 
p. 263 (1896). 
a. $ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 30 December, 
1898. (No. 54.) 
Iris brown ; bill black ; legs yellow. 
277. Himantopus himantopus. 
Himantopus himantopus (Linn.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xxiv. p. 310 (1896). 
a. $ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 
(No. 75.) 
Iris brownish orange; bill black; legs bright coral-red. 
278. Gallinago nigripennis. 
Gallinago nigripennis Bonap.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxiv. p. 631 (1896). 
a . £ . Borumeda, Abyssinia, 9 February, 1899. (No. 307.) 
Iris brown; bill dark ; legs dull yellow-green. 
[Shoa, taken as a whole, is curiously deficient in this most 
sporting of birds. Miles of land suitable for the family are 
to be found in every valley; yet, notwithstanding careful 
search, the Jack Snipe and the above were the only species 
met with, and these in very small numbers. Our investiga¬ 
tions were carried out for only six months of the year, but 
Capt. Harrington and other residents assured us that at no 
time were these birds to be found in any great number.—L.] 
279. Hydrochelidon leucoptera. 
Hydrochelidon leucoptera Saunders, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxv. p. 6 (1896). 
a. <J. Blue Nile, 14 May, 1899. (No. 508.) 
Iris dark brown ; bill dark brown ; legs red. 
