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214. Scopus umbretta, Gmelin. 



Scopus umbretta. Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 618. 

 Buff. PI. Enl. 796. 

 From the Cam ma and formerly from the Muni. 



215. Tantalus ibis, Linnaeus. 



Tantalus ibis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 241. 



Tantalus rhodinopterus, Wagler, Syst. At. 

 Buff. PI. Enl. 389. 

 From the Camma. 



216. Gkronticus hagedash, (Latham.) 



Tantalus hagedash, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 709. 



Tantalus caffrensis, Licht. 

 Vieill. Gal. ii. pi. 246. 

 Numerous specimens from the Camma. 



217 Geronticus olivaceus, (Du Bus.) 



Ibis olivacea, Du Bus. Bull. Acad. Brussels, 1837, p. 103. 



Du Bus. Esqu. Orn. i. pi. 3. 



Several specimens from the Camma and formerly from the Moonda. The 

 adult of this handsome species is described and figured very accurately by the 

 Baron Du Bus, as above cited. 



Young 5 General colors as in the adult, but paler. Under parts of the 

 body with large oval spots of dull yellowish. 



218. Thresciornis religiosus, (Savigny). 



Ibis religiosa, Savigny, Hist. Nat. d'Egypt. 

 Tantalus aethiopicus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 706. 

 Numenius ibis, Cuvier, Ann. du Mus. iv. p. 116, pi. 53. 

 Numerous specimens precisely similar, so far as I can see, to others in the 

 Acad. Mus. from Eastern and North Eastern Africa. From the Camma. 



219. Numenius phaeopus, (Linnajus). 



Scolopax phaeopus, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. p. 243. 

 Gould, B. of Eur. iv. pi. 303. 

 From the Camma. 



220. Actitis hypoleucus, (Linnaeus). 



Tringa hypoleucos. Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 250. 

 Gould, B. of Eur. iv. pi. 316. 

 From the Camma. 



221. Parra africana, Gmelin. 



Parra fricana, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 



Sw. Zool. 111. pi. 43. Lath. Gm. Hist. ix. pi. 



Numerous specimens from the Camma. 



Young 5 Head above and neck behind dark brown, upper parts of body 

 dull rufous, under parts white. Breast tinged with dull yellow, sides and flanks 

 dark chestnut, superciliary line dull ochre yellow. 



222. Rallus oculeus, (Temminck). 



Gallinula oculea, Temm. 



Adult and young from the Camma. 



Young 5 Entire plumage dark brown with a reddish tinge on the under 

 parts of the body. Quills black, with large spots of white, by which the species 

 can easily be recognized. 



223. Himantornis haematopus, Hartlaub. 



" Himantornis haematopus, Temm." Hartl. Cab. Joar iii. p. 357. 

 Two specimens only from the Camma. 



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