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always be compared with adults of the same sex. In such cases 

 Neumann's diagnoses will probably be substantiated. 



Neumann ^° writes that in most examples of nilotica the warts in 

 the lores are better developed than in other forms. The material 

 at hand not only fails to corroborate this but indicates in a very 

 definite manner that this character is subject to individual, and 

 possibly, age, variation in all four races. 



Of the typical South African race, I have seen but one specimen, 

 which I collected in central Natal in 1924. It disagrees with Neu- 

 mann's diagnosis in that the wing coverts have considerable metallic 

 sheen, although the sheen is more pinkish, less greenish than in any 

 other specimen examined. However, the race is justified by the 

 grayish neck, and my bird may be exceptional in the wing coverts, 

 as Gyldenstolpe " examined four specimens in the Naturhistoriska 

 Riksmuseum in Stockholm and found them to agree with Neumann's 

 description even in the color of the wing coverts. 



The West African race guineensis is very dark and ranges east 

 as far as the Semliki Valley, but in the Toro and Ankole districts 

 of Uganda intermediates are found which combine to some extent 

 the character of guineensis, nilotica, and erlangeri, but particularly 

 of the first two. 



Whether Hagedashia hrevirostris (Reichenow) (southern Came- 

 roon) is distinct from H. hagedash guineensis is not too well estab- 

 lished, although both Neumann and Gyldenstolpe regard it as a 

 distinct species. 



The Hadada Ibis was noted as follows : 



Ethiopia: Botola, Sidamo, March 5, 1; Loku, near Lake Abaya, 

 March 13-15, 2 ; Gidabo River, March 15-17, 3. 



Kenya Colony: Juja Farms (near Athi River), August 30, 1; 

 Athi River, August 30 to September 1, 4. 



BOSTRYCHIA CARUNCULATA (Ruppell) 



Ibis caruncuJata Ruppkll, N. Wirb. Vog., p. 49, pi. 19, 1837: Taranta 

 Mountains, Ethiopia. 



jSpecimeiis collected: 



Adult male and adult female, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia, December 31, 

 1911. 



Adult male, Alaltu, Ethiopia, January 15, 1912. 



Three adult males and 1 adult female, near Saleish, Ethiopia, 

 January 18, 1912. 



Adult male, Gardula, Ethiopia, 7,000 feet, April 20, 1912. 



The female from Adis Abeba is mounted and on exhibition. The 

 rest of the series present the following measurements : 



soOrnis, vol. 13, p. 193, 1909. 



" Kungl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handlgr., 1924, p. 297. 



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