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BULLETIN 15 3, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Locality 



Adis Abeba, Ethiopia 



Alaltu, Ethiopia 



Near Saleish, Ethiopia 



Do 



Do 



Gardula, 4,000 feet, Ethiopia 

 Near Saleish, Ethiopia 



The wattled ibis is a bird of the Abyssinian highlands although 

 it may possibly occur rarely in the lowlands. Reichenow ^- lists it 

 from the " abessinische Kiiste " which, of course, refers to the Somali 

 coast. However, Neumann ^^ writes that it is a characteristic species 

 of the higher mountains, never occurring below about 2,300 meters 

 (7,700 feet) and going as high as 3,100 meters (9,300 feet). Zedlitz ^* 

 quotes Reichenow's record for the seacoast and writes that he has 

 never seen it there but only in the mountains. Erlanger °^ says that 

 this ibis is very common, " almost a daily sight," in the highlands, 

 and his silence about the lowlands is strong presumptive evidence 

 that he did not observe it there. 



According to Erlanger the breeding season is in July. Without 

 more material it is difficult to say whether or not this species has a 

 prenuptial molt, but the male collected on April 20 is molting slightly 

 in the tail and wings, and has slightly wider grayish margins on the 

 feathers of the crown than in December and January specimens, 

 indicating less wear and, hence, probably more molting of those parts. 



PLATALEA ALBA Scopoli 



Platalca alba Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr., vol. 2, p. 92, 1786 : Luzon ! 

 (from Sonnerat), probably the Cape of Good Hope. 



White spoonbills, probably of this species, were noted by Mearns on 

 Lake Rudolf, where, on July 5-8, he saw 100 birds. No specimens 

 were taken, so the identification can not be supported by material 

 evidence. 



Family PHOENICOPTERIDAE 



PHOENICOPTERUS RUBER ANTIQUORUM Temminck 



Phoenicopterus antiquorum Temminck, Man. d'Ornith., ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 587, 

 1820: Europe. 



No specimens of the flamingo were taken, but great flocks were 

 observed alone: the Suez Canal. 



52 Viigcl Afrlkas, vol. 1, p. 325, 1901. 

 8'Journ. f. Ornith., voL 52, 1904, p. 337. 

 M Idem, vol. .'i8, 1910, p. 328. 

 '^Mdem, vol. 53, 1905, pp. 98-99. 



