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94. Poecilonetta erythi-orhyncha (Gm.). 

 ?. February 15th, Upper Shire River. "Iris brown; bill deep dark red, 

 verging to dull black at tip of maxilla: feet and legs brownish slate." 



'Jo. Nyroca brunnea Eyt. 



April and June, in flocks, Upper Shire River. "Bill black; iris dark brown; 

 legs and feet dark steel-colonr." 



96. Herodias alba (L.). 

 Upper Shire River, middle of June. S ad. " Beak gamboge-yellow, tipped 

 with dark liorn-colour, dark green round the gape ; eyelids and bare skin round and 

 in front of eye greenish yellow: irides pale yellow; tarsns and feet shining black." 

 In the crops small fish and an enormous water (?) beetle were found. 



97. Ardea melanocephala Vig. & Childr. 

 S ad. Ujiper Shir6 River, June; tj immat. May 11th. c? ad. "Maxilla blackish 

 horn-colonr; maudibula light horn-colour, yellowish towards the tip ; feet and legs 

 (lull black; irides light yellow; eyelids yellow, bare space in front of eye yellowish 

 green." The crop of one contained two small lizards and two different species of 

 Gryllidue; that of another, two rats and remains of lizards. 



98. Phojrx purpurea (L.). 

 Several immature birds, shot in July on the Upper Shire River. " Bills dark 

 horn-colour above, verging to dull greenish yellow on the lower mandible and 

 towards the base ; irides light yellow ; legs yellowish green ; tarsi and feet dark horn- 

 colonr anteriorly, dull yellow posteriorly; nails dark horn-colour. The stomachs 

 contained fishes and some pieces of rush." 



99. Melanophoyx ardesiaca (Wagl.). 

 S. March 7th, Upper Shiri} River. " Iris deep brown; bill black: legs black, 

 feet bright chrome-yellow, claws black. Stomach full of small fish with transverse 

 bars (? Hetnichromis ? sp.). Shot out of a flock of about thirty individuals." 



100. Bubulcus lucidus (Rafin.). 

 May, Jime, and August, on the Upper Shir6 River. S in non-breeding plumage. 

 " Eyelids, base of maxilla, mandibula, and naked space in front of the eyes greenish 

 yellow; rest of maxilla dark horn-colour; legs and feet dull yellowish green; irides 

 light yellow. In the crops and stomachs small fish, insects, and vegetable debris 

 were found." 



101. Platalea tenuirostris Temm. 

 <?. Lake Malombe, September 2oth, 1895. 



102. Ibis aethiopica Lath. 

 (J. September 11th, Upper Shirt- River. "Head and neck dull black; bill 

 shiny black; legs and feet very dark red, shading to blackish horn-colonr; iris 

 brown. Stomach containing small landshells (helices), beetles, and remains of fish." 



