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birds seen; plains at base and south of Endoto Mountains, July 

 19-24, 75 noted; Le-se-dun, July 2G, 50 birds; between 27 and 45 

 miles south of Malele, July 30, 50 seen ; N. Guaso Nyiro River, July 

 31 to August 3, 50 birds. 



Erlanger^ found it very numerous in the thornbush tangles of 

 southern Somaliland, often in large flocks. 



Order GRUIFORMES 

 Family GRUIDAE 



BALEARICA REGULORUM GIBBERICEPS Reichenow 



Balearica gibtericeps REacHENow, Journ. f. Ornith., 1892, p. 126 : Lake 

 Jipe. 



No specimens of the east African crowned crane were collected, 

 but Mearns saw 10 of these beautiful birds on the Lekiundu River, 

 August 4^8. 



ANTHROPOroES VIRGO (Linnaeus) 



Ardea virgo Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 141, 17,58 : " in oriente." 



The demoiselle crane was seen in several places along the Hawash 

 River, usually feeding in cultivated fields. " It is not very shy ; 

 in pairs or occasionally in large flocks." (January 26 to February 

 13, E. A. Mearns.) 



No specimens were collected. 



This crane is only a winter visitor in Ethiopia and appears not to 

 occur in southern Shoa and southern Gallaland at all. 



GRUS GRUS GBUS (Linnaeus) 



Ardea grus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 141, 1758 : Euro{>e ; Africa ; 

 restricted type locality, Sweden. 



Specimens collected: 



One adult unsexed, Alatu, Ethiopia, January 15, 1912. 



As would be expected from the locality, this bird is of the typical 

 subspecies. The European crane does not occur south of Ethiopia 

 in its winter range, and apparently is not particularly common even 

 in that country. 



Judging by size, the specimen is a male, and a rather large one at 

 that, being about as big as the maximum measurements given by 

 Hartert ; ^ wing, 620 millimeters. 



'Journ. f. Ornith., 1905, p. 139. 

 » Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 1814. 



