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4. Spatula clypeata (L.) 



Two apparently youager female.s from the province of Zaria, unfortunately 

 without dates. — There are, apparently, no records of Shovellers in West Africa, 

 except Verreau.x's statement that it was found on the Casamanze. 



5. Anas querquedula L. 



Two males and two females from Zaria, one with the date 15. xi. 1912. 

 I am not aware of any other record of Garganey from this part of Africa, 

 except my own, as I saw very large flocks on the lakes of the province of Sokoto. 



6. Anas crecca crecca L. 



?, Zaria, 17. xi. 1912. 



1 saw the Teal in flock.s of hundreds near Kokoto. 



7. Anas acuta L. 

 A moulting male from Zaria, without date. 



s. Dendrocygna viduata (L.) 



U, S 6 ad., Zaria, 7. xi. 1912. 



This bird, as is well known, occurs in South America as well as in Africa. 

 I have long believed that there were ditferences between the American and African 

 binls, but I must admit that they are indistinguishable, and the same is the case 

 with Dendrocygna fulva ! 



9. Nettapus auritus (Bodd.) 



2 c?(?, 1 ?, October and November, Zaria. 

 Also from Niamei on the Upper Niger. 



M. Sarkidiornis melanotus (Penn.) 



6 ad., i juv., and ?, Zaria, November. 1 saw this goose in great ijnantities 

 on the lakes near Sokoto. 



11. Hydrochelidon leucopareia (Temm.) 

 1, winter, Niamei, Upper Niger. 



12. Hydrochelidon leucoptera (Meisner & Schinz) 

 1, winter, Niamei, Upper Niger. 



13. Pluvianus aegyptius (L.) 

 One specimen, Zaria. 



14. Cursorius temmincki Sw. 



S, Zaria, 9. xi. 1912. 



Reichenow (17/^. Afr. i. p. loO) separated a form from Damaraland as 

 " f/awi7re«.s«," because the red-brown colour of the crown "seemed to be paler." 

 This supposed subspecies retjuires confirmation. 



