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Show 1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 519 land, and is a resident species. Antinori did not meet with Pigeon in Shoa, but Dr. Ragazzi found it common near the streams of Falle in March. Mr. Jackson procured a specimen on Mt. Elgon in February, and it is recorded by Dr. Reichenow from a number of localities between Dar-es-Salaam and the Victoria Nyanza. Order PTEROCLETES. 177. PTEROCLURUS EXUSTUS. Pterocles exustus, Temm.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 855 (1873); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 306 (1888); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 55 (1894). Pteroclurus exustus, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat, B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. (1893); Salvad. t. c. p. 561 (1894: Hento Valley : Lido Mts.). A, b. d; c, el. 2 ad. Milmil, July 30, 1894. This Sand-Grouse is common in Egypt, and reaches along the Nile to Northern Nubia. Heuglin met with it in Arabia Petraea and on the Red Sea south to Massowa. Dr. Ragazzi procured it once at Cialalaka in Shoa, in February. Dr. Reichenow states that it has occurred in Aruscha, on the Masai Steppes, and in the Kilima-njaro district. 178. PTEROCLES DECORATUS. Pterocles decoratus, Cab.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 870 (1873); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 549 ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 21 (1893) ; Salvad. t. c. p. 561 (1894: Habir Valley); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 54 (1894). A. d ad. Okoto, Sept. 8, 1894. Found, according to Dr. Reichenow, at Mkaramo, the Masai Steppes, the Kilima-njaro district, Lake Jipi, the Ronga River, and the Wambere Steppes. Mr. Jackson procured it on the Tsauro River. Order GALLIFORMES. 179. ACRYLLIUM VULTURINUM. Numida vulturina, Hardw.; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 414. Acryllium vulturinum (Hardw.); Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 554; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 385 (1893); Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 562 (1894); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 74, fig. 36 (1894). o. dad. Ducheto, Aug. 10,1894. Iris scarlet; bare head and neck grey; bill grey, lighter at point. b. 2 ad. Shebeli, Sept. 8, 1894. This East-African species is found in the Teita district, on the Pangani, in Uzaramo, Aruscha, the Ronga River, and the Masai Steppes, |
