B. LÖNNBERG, BIRDS FROM EASTERN CONGO. 9 



42. Taiitalus ibis L. 



1 $ Kabaré; 1 ef Lake Albert Edward, June 1913; 1 

 specimen without label. Iris »jaune de Napie» (J*). 



43. Butoiides atricapillus Afz. 

 1 specimen, Kasindi, Aug. 1913. 



44. Ardetta payesi Verr. 

 1 ef, Lake Albert Edward, June 1913. 



45. Ardeola ralloides Scop. 



1 J" from Lake Albert Edward, June 1913, 2 specimens 

 without ]abel, but probably from the same locality. Two 

 young specimens c? & ? resp. Vs and ^^g 1914, Rutsburu. 



46. Melaiiophoyx ardesiaca Wagl. 



1 $, Lake xAlbert Edward, June 1913. 



Only recorded from Tanganyika within the Lake district 

 by Reichenow, although it is, of course, generally distri- 

 buted in the tropical parts of the African continent. 



47. Ardea melaiiocepliala Vig. Childr. 



1 ?, Rutshuru 1913; 1 2 ibid. ^^/^ 1914; 1 unsexed Ka- 

 sindi, Aug. 1913. Iris »lemon yellow». 



All these specimens are rather light on the lower side, 

 the feathers of those parts being chiefly white. In the female 

 shot at Rutshuru ^^/q 1914 the ends of the feathers of the 

 lower side are more or less ashy grey, but in the two others 

 the corresponding parts are white with an isabelline wash, 

 and this isabelline or buffish colour extends över the fore- 

 neck as well. The upper back of the same two specimens 

 is very darkwith an oily green and purplish lustre. East 

 African specimens of this species appear to present a much 

 darker shade of grey on the lower parts. 



