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Fam. Cursoriid^:. 
40. Rhinoptilus seebohmi. 
Rhinoptilus seebohmi Sliarpe ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 16. 
No. 476. S • Upper Luangwa, 2000 ft., March 7, 1908. 
Bill—base, gape, and orbit sulphur-yellow, culmen and 
tip blackish; feet and tarsi pale yellowish, toes darker; iris 
dark brown. 
Only met with in the Luangwa Valley, where it is common, 
41. Rhinoptilus chalcopterus. 
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus (Temm.) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 16. 
No. 212. $ . Upper Lualaba, 3500 ft., May 25, 1907. 
Bill dusky, base of lower mandible and gape purplish ; 
feet dusky, legs pinkish purple; iris dark brown ; orbit 
crimson. 
No. 818. Juv. Mansya R., near Lake Young, 4500 ft., 
Nov. 2, 1908. 
Bill black, base of lower mandible and gape rosy pink; 
feet pale flesh-pink, darker toward toes; iris dark brown, 
orbit pink. 
Fam. (Edicnemid,e. 
42. GEdicnemus vermiculatus. 
CEdicnemus vermiculatus (Cab.) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 16. 
So far as my experience goes, this bird is confined to the 
sand-banks &c. of the Luangwa River. 
Fam. OTiDimE. 
43. Otis melanogaster. 
Otis melanogaster (Boc.) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 17. 
No. 499. S juv. Chambezi Valley, 4000 ft., April 16, 
1908. 
Bill greenish yellow, upper surface of upper mandible 
dusky; feet and legs pale yellowish brown; iris golden 
brown. 
This seems to be almost the only Bustard throughout a 
considerable portion of the country. 
