331 
from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
280. Rougetius rougeti. 
Rouyetius rougeti (Guerin) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxiii. p. 162 (1891). 
a. S . Gedda, Abyssinia, 1 February, 1899. (No. 286.) 
Iris light hazel; bill and legs dark brown. 
281. PODICIPES CAPENSIS. 
Podicipes capensis Licht.; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 
p. 513, pis. vii. & viii. (1898). 
Tachybaptes capensis Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 424. 
a. ? imra. Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia,„ 1 January, 
1899. (No. 79.) 
b. Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 
(No. 80.) 
c. $ . Lake Chercher, Abyssinia, 12 January, 1899. 
(No. 177.) 
a. Iris brown ; bill dull red; legs slate-colour. 
b. Iris light hazel; bill and legs black. 
c. Iris reddish; bill and legs dark brown. 
282. Podicipes nigricollis. 
( Podicipes nigricollis Brehm; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxvi. p. 538 (1898). 
a. $ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 2 January, 1899. 
(No. 82.) 
Iris bright red ; bill and legs black. 
283. VlNAGO WAALIA. 
Vinago waalia (Gm.); Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. 
p. 15 (1893) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 516; Lort Phillips, 
Ibis, 1898, p. 424. 
a. ? . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. 
(No. 185.) 
Iris red, a line of blue round the pupil; bill whitish ; legs 
yellow. 
[Feeds on the wild fig, and always to be found where 
these trees exist.— L.] 
284. Columba albitorques. 
Columba albitorques Rupp.; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxi. p. 265 (1893) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 516. 
