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Show 516 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, Order RALLIFORMES. 168. FULICA CRISTATA. Fulica cristata, Gm.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1222 (1873); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 225 (1884), vi. p. 313 (1888); id. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 564 (1894 : Gurat) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 215 (1894); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch- Ost-Afr. p. 50 (1894). A. 2 ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 3, 1894. Legs and bill grey; shield greyish white, with two chocolate-coloured bulbs at the posterior end ; iris red. Found by Heuglin in large flocks on Lake Tana at the end of April and the beginning of May, by Lefebvre in Enderta in May, and by Mr. Blanford also common on Lake Ashangi. It appears to be migratory, as Heuglin states that he never saw any on Lake Tana in the winter months (February and March). Antinori procured several specimens on Lake Cialalaka in Shoa, in April and May, and Dr. Ragazzi also met with the species there in February; Dr. Reichenow records it from the Masai Steppes and Victoria Nyanza. Order COLUMBIFORMES. 169. VlNAGO W A ALIA. Treron waalia, Gm.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 817 (1871); Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 414 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 205 (1884), vi. p. 302 (1888). Vinago waedia, Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 15 (1893); id. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 561 (1894: Mandera and Goolis Mts.). a. d ad. Near Selon, Aug. 9, 1894. Iris vermilion, with a ring of blue; bill grey ; nostrils dark red ; feet light yellow-ochre. A resident species in North-eastern Africa, as it was observed by Heuglin in every month except June and July. From the mountains of Abyssinia south-west over the whole country to Fazogl and the district of the White Nile to the Djur and Kosanga rivers. Its northern limit is the Anseba Valley and Ain. The Italian travellers met with it in Shoa in March, April, and May. 170. COLUMBA ALBITORQUES. Columba albitorques, Riipp.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 826 (1871); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 206 (1884), vi. p. 303 (1888); id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. p. 265 (1893). a. d ad.; b, c. 2 ad. Ginnier, Nov. 17, 1894. Iris dark brown; legs crimson. Fouud in Eastern and Central Abyssinia, where, says Heuglin, |