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Alr/fr., Ois. ii. p. 129(1867: accidental in Algeria) ; Degl.et Oerbe, 

 Orti. Eur. ii. p. 289 (1867: occasional in S. Europe); Finsch 

 (§• Hartl. Voij. (Mafr. p. 680 (1870) ; Dresser, B. Eur. vi. p. 225, 

 pi. 397 (18n); Gray,Hand-l. B. iii. p. 26, no. 10100 (1871); 

 Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 284 (1872 : Great Naraaqua 

 and Dainara Lands : Ondonga) ; Ilcvijl. Orn. X.O.-Afr. ii. Abth. 

 i. p. 10-w (1873: Khartoum; Berber; Talta ; E. and Central 

 Abyssinia to 9000 feet ; Senaar ; Kordofan ; White Nile ; west 

 to Kosang-a) ; EeicJie?/. J. f. O. 1877, p. 264 ; Oust. Nouv. Arch. 

 Mus. (2) ii. /?«//. p. 118 (1879: Doume) ; Socage, Orn. Angola, 

 p. 440 (1881: Rio Coroca ; Quillengues ; Humbe) ; Sharpe in 

 Oatess Matahele Land, \\i^. B, p. 326 (1881 : Pretoria); Gurnet/, 

 Ibis, 1881, p. 128 (Mombasa) ; Shelky, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 599 

 (Usambara Hills) ; Milne-Edirards 8) GrimtUd. H. N. Madag., 

 Ois. p. 546 (1882); Butler, Feilden, ^- Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 343 

 (Ingagani River) ; Sharpe' s ed. Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 119, 708 

 (1884) ; Salrad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) i. p. 227 (1884 :Lake Cialalaka, 

 Shoa) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. yes. Orn. i. p. 384 (1884 : Pangaui ; 

 Maurui ; Natron Lakes) ; id.J.f. 0. 1885, p. 118 (Kingani River; 

 Malindi ; Kipini); Ayres, Ibis, 1886, p. 293 (Botch efstroom) ; W. 

 Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 63 (Umzeila's Countrv) ; Emin. J. f. O. 1891, 

 p. 345 ; Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1892, p. 12 (Bukobi) ; Shelley,^ Ibis, 1894, 

 p. 27 (Upper Shire River) ; Reichen. Viig. Deidsch-Ost-Afr. p. 65 

 (1894: Usambara; Kakoma^. 

 Ardea atricoUis, Wagl. Si/st. ^?;., Ardea, p. 174, sp. 4 (1827) ; Smith, 

 III. Zool. S. Afr., Birds, pi. Lxxxvi. (1843) ; Des Murs, Icoimyr. 

 Orn. pi. XXX. (1846) ; Bonap. Consp. Av. ii. p. Ill (1855); Haiti. 

 J. f. O. 1855, p. 361 (Ashanti) ; Ileugl. Si/.st. Uebers. p. 58 (1856); 

 n'artl. Orn. West-Afr. p. 220 (1857 : "Seuegambia; Gaboon); 

 Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 153 (Ibadan) ; id. Ibis, 1860, p. 220 (Natal) ; 

 Hnrtl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 269 (Bissao) ; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 332 

 (Zambesi); Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 103 (1864: Senaar; Kor- 

 dofan; White Nile); Monteiro, P. Z. S. liiQo, p. 89 (Benguela) ; 

 Schl. P.Z.S. 1866, p. 425; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 306 (1867: 

 Cape Town : Colesberg ; George ; Verloreu Vley) ; Grand. Rev. 

 et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 419 ; Schl. ^- Poll. Faun. Madaq., Ois. 

 p. 122 (1888: Mavotte); Blanf Geol. S,- Zool. Abyss, 'p. 434 

 (1870: Adabagi, 8000 feet; near Adigrat) ; Barratt,' Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 193 (Lvdenberg) ; Hartl. Toy. Madag. p. 295 (1877) ; Holubii- 

 Pet. Beiir. Orn. Siidafr. p. 271 (1882 : Bechuaua Land to Panta- 

 ma-tenka Valley) ; Forbes, Ibis, 1883, p. 521 (Niger) ; Sibrce, Ibis, 

 1892, p. 116 (Madagascar). 



Adult male. General colour above blackish, with a strong shade 

 of ashy grey on the mantle and upper back ; lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts clear slaty blue, the scapular feathers elongated 

 into drooping plumes, slaty grey at the base, becoming hoary whitish 

 towards the tips ; wing-coverts pearly grey, with white margins to 

 the gi-eater series, which are slaty grey internally : inner secondaries 

 also slaty grey ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, with 

 white bases, and externally slightly dusted \\ itli slaty grey ; tail- 

 feathers black ; crown of head and hind-neck black, with a shade of 

 slaty grey, especially on the nuchal plumes ; sides of face from below 

 the eye also black ; cheeks and sides of face, in a line with the gape 

 across the ear-coverts, white, as also the throat; the lower throat 

 black, varied with white bases to the feathers, producing a streaked 



