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Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 
d. ? . Famaka, Blue Nile, 6 May, 1899. (No. 498.) 
Iris brown ; bill in a dark red, yellow at tip, in b and c 
red, in d black ; legs red. 
[Not found at any great elevation; it was not seen in the 
valleys of Central Abyssinia.—L.] 
293. Tympanistria tympanistria. 
Tympanistria tympanistria (Temm.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xxi. p 504 (1893). 
a. £ . Wama, Abyssinia, 12 March, 1899. (No. 402.) 
Iris brown ; bill black ; legs red. 
This is the first time this species has been recorded from 
Abyssinia. It was previously known to occur as far north 
as British East Africa. 
[This Dove was seen only in the thick jungle; it never 
perches on the trees, but lives on the ground. It may be 
seen at dusk flying to water, and was not observed much 
west of the Didesa river.—L.] 
294. Chalcopelia afra. 
Chalcopelia afra (Linn.); Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. 
p. 506 (1893) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 518 ; Lort Phillips, 
Ibis, 1898, p. 424. 
a. $ . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 14 January, 1899. 
(No. 188.) 
b. <$. Beni Schongul, Abyssinia, 3 May, 1899. 
(No. 495.) 
a. Iris brown; bill dark; legs red. 
b. Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dark red-brown. 
295. Pterocles quadricinctus. 
Pterocles quadricinctus Temm. ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxii. p. 32 (1893). 
a. $ . Roseires, Blue Nile, 16 May, 1899. (No. 511.) 
b. <$. „ „ „ (No. 512.) 
Iris brown ; bill yellow, black at tip ; legs yellow. 
296. Francolinus granti. 
Francolinus granti Hartl. ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. 
p. 148 (1893) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 520. 
