BIRDS OF ETHIOPL\ AND KENYA COLONY 13 



Von Heuglin ^ writes of a rumor that he heard of a small or pigmy 

 ostrich in northeastern Africa. This rumor probably was the same 

 as that mentioned by Van Someren, but it may be mentioned here in 

 connection with a detail in nomenclature, kindly brought to my atten- 

 tion by Dr. C. W. Richmond. This " pigmy " ostrich is referred 

 by Von Heuglin to "" {V Autruchon, Struthio hidactyles^ Temm.)." 

 The generic name Autruchon, while listed by G. R. Gray,^" was not 

 new at that point as has generally been assumed, but was first pro- 

 posed by Temminck " on the basis of the " petit gralle hi-dactyle " of 

 Levaillant. 



Superorder NEOGNATHAE 



Order PELECANIFORMES 



Family PELECANIDAE 



PLECANUS ONOCROTALUS Linnaeus 



Pelecanus onocrotalus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 132, 1758: Africa. 



Specimens collected: 



Male adult. Lake Shala, Ethiopia, March 3, 1912. 



Inasmuch as '' Shala " is the Galla word for pelican, it would be 

 rather disappointing if the expedition had gone to Lake Shala with- 

 out obtaining one of these birds. Both onocrotalus and I'osetis are 

 known to occur on this lake according to Neumann,^- but only the 

 former was collected by the Frick party. 



In spite of the 16 years that have elapsed between the collecting of 

 the specimen and the time of this writing, the bird still has some of 

 the rosy bloom on the underparts. 



The bird is fully adult and has the following measurements: 

 Wing, 687; tail. 210; culmen, 435; greatest width of maxilla, 50; 

 least width of maxilla, 38; tarsus, 145 millimeters. 



Hartert ^^ makes roseus a race of onocrotalus but in view of the 

 constant differences between them it seems advisable to treat them as 

 species. 



Family PHALACROCORACIDAE 



PHALACROCORAX CARBO LUGUBRIS Riippell 



Phalacrocorax Uigxihris Ruppell, Syst. Uebers., p. 134, pi. 50, 1845: E*:luo[)ia. 



Specimevs collected: 



One, unsexed, Lake Shala, Ethiopia, March 3, 1912, 



•Orn. Nordost Afr., vol. 2, p. 935. 



"List Gen. Birds, frt. 2. p. 84 (note) 1841. 



'» " Man. d'Oinith.." p;irt 4, cd. 2, 1840, p. 'Ml. 



^JouTU. f. Ornltli.. I!t04, p. 327. 



" Vogel d. pal. Fauna, p. 1404. 



