— 44 — 



The male individual is in full dress, the female is in rather 

 worn dress and has just commenced moulting, the lower parts 

 of the body being predominantly brown, while in the male they 

 shade into grey, and a number of the feathers are bordered (at 

 the points) with a yellowish-brown seam. 



Neumann has (op. cit. pp. 190 — 196), separated four forms, 

 which are mainly distinguished by the length of the culmen, for 

 the characters ''light grey", "darker grey", "still darker grey", 

 etc. are not conclusive in such cases. R e i c h e n o w (Mitt. Zool. 

 Mus. Berlin, 1910—11 p. 74) considers that these four forms are 

 difficult to limit because they pass into each other and the length 

 of the culmen varies with age and sex. For, the male specimen 

 before me is dark grey, the female light greyish brown and yet 

 they were shot on the same day. Apparently the grey colour 

 varies in depth both with age and season. 



Wing tarsus culmen 



d* 375 mm. 75 mm. 163 mm. 

 9 355 mm. 68 mm. 153 mm. 



Irides white (with a narrow dark-brown inner edge); bill 

 black (upper mandible red at the base); lower half of the front 

 side of the tarsi and the upper side of the toes red (otherwise 

 blackish). 



Flatalea alba Scop. ~ Rchw. I. p. 331. 

 1 (5 juv, 22. 4. Lake Naiwasha. 



At Lake Naiwasha the Spoon-bill occurred in small flocks 

 or in single specimens. It was mostly seen on the edge of the 

 papyrus groves out in the water, where it would stand motion- 

 less for a long time, steadfastly staring into the water. 



This specimen has the top of the head white (not streaked 

 with black: Reichenow op. cit). The tips of the four outer 

 primaries and the whole of the outer web are brown, with black- 

 brown shafts. The feathering of the throat is like plate 207 

 Ilartert: Vog. d. Palaearkt Fauna p. 1218. The naked patch 

 around the eyes and on the forehead is yellowish red or pale 

 rose-coloured. 



Wing 380 mm; tarsus 144 mm; culmen 205 mm. 



In the young bird the iris is greyish yellow in colour and 

 the culmen glossy grey with a narrow rose-coloured baud all 

 round, the base being also rose-coloured; legs black. 



Ciconiidae. 



Ciconia ciconia ciconia (L.). — Rchw. I. p. 345. 



1 (5 and 1 Q 9. 5. between Londiani and Eldoret. 



One evening when camping at a spot — about 42 miles 

 north of Londiani in the direction of Eldoret — at an elevation 



