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Show 1869.] MR. D. G. ELLIOT ON THE GENUS PELECANUS. 571 "f-27. GLAREOLA PRATINCOLA. Glareola pratincola (Linn.); Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 210. "No. 15. Ambriz, November 26, 1868, Large numbers flying high in the air, with a flight between that of a Swallow and a Sandpiper. Gizzard and stomach full of flies and other winged insects. Only seen for one day. Eyes dark slate-colour."-J. J. M. The specimen sent is a young bird, apparently G. pratincola and not G. nordmanni. Most of the under wing-coverts are rufous, but some of them, especially near the edge of the wing, are quite black, while others are decidedly getting black. In case, however, I may be mistaken, I think it best to give a description of the specimen in detail. Above dark brown, deepest on the head and scapularies, the whole upper plumage mottled with pale brown edgings to the feathers; eyebrow pale brown; primary coverts and quills dark brown, the secondaries tipped with rufous-white; rump and upper tail-coverts pure white ; tail deeply forked, white at the base and for the greater part of the feathers, the outer feathers brown towards the tip ; chin and throat pale yellowish brown, the latter longitudinally striped with dark brown ; cheeks and ear-coverts greyish brown, the latter paler, the former broadly striped with dark brown ; breast pale ochreous brown, the upper portion and the sides of the neck mottled with dark brown ; abdomen and under tail-coverts pure white ; under wing-coverts rufous, the feathers along the bend of the wing black, mottled with reddish brown, the edge of the wing white, and all the feathers along the radius partly black; bill and feet black, or nearly so. f28. NUMENIUS MADAGASCARIENSIS. Numenius madagascariensis, Briss. ; Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 77 Schl. & Poll. Faun. Mad. Ois. p. 133. "Ambriz, December 1868."-J. J. M. This Curlew seems to me to be a very good species, totally distinct from N. arquatus or its southern form N. major, Schl. Its occurrence in West Africa is here recorded for the first time. 29. ACTITIS HYPOLEUCOS. " River Loge at Ambriz."-J. J. M. 7. A Monograph of the Genus Pelecanus. By D. G. ELLIOT, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. (Plate XLIV.) This paper was written chiefly in Philadelphia, where my opportunities for investigating the species were most favourable ; for in the magnificent collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences, |