26 BULLETIN 15 3, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Butorides striatus atricapillus 



Locality 



Kenya Colony: 



Lekiundu River 



Athi River 



Do 



Tanganyika Territory, Dar- 

 es-Salaam. 



Mozambique, Lumbo 



Belgian Congo: 



Lake Edward 



Do.(?) 



Cameroon : 



Akok 



Sakbayeme 



Kenya Colony, Athi River 



Ethiopia, Hawash River 



Tanganyika Territory, Dar- 

 es-Salaam. 



Sex 



immature. 



.-do 



adult 



._do 



._do 



.-do. 

 ..do. 



.-do 



immature - 



adult 



.-do 



--do 



Butorides striatus rutenbergi 



Mearns observed the green-backed heron throughout his journey- 

 along the Hawash Eiver, but not very commonly. After leaving 

 that region he did not meet with it again until he came to the Leki- 

 undu River, south of which (Tana and Athi Rivers) he noted single 

 birds from time to time (August 4-31). 



ARDEIRALLUS STURMII (Wagler) 



Ardea stunnii Wagleb, Syst. Av., Ardea, sp. no. 37, [p. 191], 1827: Sene- 

 gambia. 



Specimens collected: 



One unsexed, Malata, Ethiopia, June 22, 1912. 



Soft parts: Iris yellow; bill dusky olive above, greenish on sides 

 and below; feet gray brown, yellow behind and on underside of 

 toes. 



" The bird was in a rocky creek bed when shot." (E. A. Mearns.) 



The specimen is not quite adult, having light browmish edgings 



to the feathers of the upper parts. The only comparative material 



in similar plumage available is a young male from Metet, Cameroon. 



The two birds are quite different in the following ways : The Cam- 



