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Acknowledgments 1 



Historical introduction 2 



Itinerary 6 



Account of the species ^ 10 



Superorder Palaeognathae 11 



Order Struthioniformes 1! 



Family Struthionidae 11 



Struthio camelus massaicus i: 



Struthio camelus molybdophanes i; 



Superorder Neognathae 13 



Order Pel ecani formes 13 



Family Pelecanidae 13 



Pelecanus onocrotalus 13 



Family Phalacrocoracidae 13 



Phalacrocorax carbo lugubris 13 



Phalacrocorax africanus africanus 14 



. Family Anhingidae 15 



Anhinga ruf a rufa 15 



Order Ci coniif ormes 17 



Family Ardeidae 17 



Ardea cinerea cinerea 17 



Ardea melanocephala 17 



Ardea goliath 18 



Pyrrherodia purpurea purpurea '18 



Casmerodius albus melanorhynchus 18 



Egretta garzetta garzetta 19 



Bubulcus ibis 20 



Ardeola ralloides 22 



Butorides striatus atricapillus 25 



Ardeirallus sturmii 26 



Family Scopidae 27 



Scopus umbretta bannermani 27 



Family Ciconiidae 29 



Ciconia ciconia ciconia 29 



Dissoura episcopus microscelis 29 



Sphenorynchus abdimii 29 



Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 30 



Leptoptilos crumeniferus 30 



Ibis ibis 31 



Family Threskiornithidae 31 



Threskiornis aethiopicus aethiopicus 31 



Hagedashia hagedash nilotica 33 



Bostry chia carunculata 35 



Platalea alba 36 



P'amily Phoenicopteridae 36 



Phoenicopterus ruber an tiquorum 36 



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