Dr. P. L. Sclater on the Birds of the Zambesi Region. 301 



iqucere, are they really distinct ?), that it is just as likely to have 

 been the latter species. 



Dr. Peters also obtained specimens of a species of Numida in 

 Joanna. 



Order GRALLiE. 



17. Ardea comata, Pallas : Hartl. /. c. p. 74. • 



Joanna [Dickinson). Dr. Kii'k reports this Heron to be com- 

 mon in the marshes on the sea-coast near Pomoue. 



18. Charadrius, sp. 



19. Charadrius, sp. 



Dr. Peters obtained two species of Plovers at Joanna, probably 

 two of the species indicated by Hartlaub, /. c. p. 72. 



20. Strepsilas interpres, Linn. : Hartl. /. c. p. 73. 

 Joanna [Peters). 



21. Tringoides hypoleucus (Linn.) : Hartl. /. c. p. 77. 

 One example. Joanna [Dickinson). 



Order NATATORES. 



22. Podiceps, sp. ? 



Dr. Kirk met with a small Grebe in Lake Zalanza, in Joanna, 

 a small hill-tarn 2000 feet above the sea-level. It is quite 

 unknown elsewhere in the island. The natives of Joanna go 

 every year at certain times to worship it, and burn incense to it 

 on an altar. A large fish shares with it the divine honours. 

 Dr. Kirk noted Ducks [Dendrocygna viduata ?) in the same spot. 

 (See his notes, antea, p. 296.) 



23. Prion banksii, Smith, 111. S. Afr. Zool. pi. 55. 



One example from Joanna [Dickinson). Dr. Kirk tells me 

 this Petrel is common in the Mozambique Channel. 



XXIV. — On the Rapacious Birds collected by the late Dr. Dick- 

 inson in the Zambesi Region. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., 

 Ph.D., r.R.S., &c. 



(Plate VII.) 

 A SERIES of skins of rapacious birds, collected by the late 

 Dr. John Dickinson on the Zambesi and its affluents, having been 



