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Family III. SCOPIDiE. 



1. SCOPUS. 



Type. 



Scopus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 618 (1788) S. unibretta. 



Cepphus, Wagler, Syst. Av. 1827, p. 73 S. umbretta. 



Range. The entire Ethiopian Region. 



1. Scopus umbretta. 



L'Ombrette, Briss. Orn. v. p. 503 (1700) ; Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. 

 p. 440 (1780). 



L'Ombrette du Senegal, B'Aubent. Pi. Enl. viii. pi. 7fl6. 



The Unibre, Brown, Illustr. Zool. p. 90, pi. xxxv. (1776). 



Tutted Umbre, Lath. Gen. Si/n. iii. pt. 1, p. 30, pi. Ivii. (1785). 



Scopus umbretta, Gm. Si/si. Nat. i. p. 618 (1788) ; Stephens, in 

 Shaw's Gen. Zool. xi. pt'. 2, p. 636, pi. 50 (1819) ; Bowd. Krcurs. 

 Africa, p. 230 (1825) ; Denham ^- Clapperton, Travels in Africa, 

 ii. App. p. 202 (1826); Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 577 (1831) ; Vieill. 

 Gal. Ois. ii. p. 250 (1834); Eiipp. Syst. Uehers. p. 121 (1845: 

 Senaar and Abyssinia) ; Graii, Gen. B. iii. p 588 (1847) : Reichenh. 

 Grail, tab. 86. fig. 513 (1848) ; Licht. Nomencl. Mus. Berol. p. 90 

 (1854: N. Africa; Arabia); Bp. Consp. Av. ii. p. 144 (1855); 

 Seuf/l. Syst. Uebers. p. 60 (1856: Senaar; White Nile; Abys- 

 sinia) ; Hartl. Orn. Wesf.afr. p. 229 (1857 : Senegambia ; Caza- 

 manze; Gaboon; Congo); Schl. Handl. Dierkimde, ii. p. 422, 

 pi. vii. iig. 85 (1857) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 248 (Natal) ; Cass. 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1859, p. 174 (Camma and Muni 

 Rivers); Grill, Zool. A?ifec7cn. pp. 11, 65 (18.59); Hartl. Faun. 

 Maday. p. 76 (1861); id. J. f. O. 1861, p. 270 (Bissao) ; Mont. 

 Ibis, 1862, p. 333 (Angola) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ciconid-, p. 15 

 (18(33: S. Africa; Kaffraria; Abyssinia); Bock ^- Newt. Ibis, 

 1863, p. 170 (Madatrascar) ; Scl. P.'Z. S. 1863, p. 164 (Moromanga, 

 Madagascar) ; Pollen, Nat. Tijdschr. Dierk. i. p. 321 (1863) ; Kirk, 

 Ibis, 1864, p. 333 (Zambesi) ; Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 105 (1864) ; 

 Scl P. Z. S. 1864, p. 114 (common on the coast of Kazeh) ; Layard, 

 B. S. Afr. p. 312 (1867) ; Grandid. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1867, 

 p. 420 (S.E. coast of Madagascar) ; Chnjyni. Travels S. Afr. ii. 

 App. p. 418 (1868) ; Schl. 8^ Poll. Faune Madaq., Ois. p. 128 

 (1868) ; Cab. in Von der Deckenh Reis., Vlig. p. 48 (1869) ; Blanf. 

 Geol. Sf Zool. Abyss, p. 436 (1870); Finsch, Trans. Zool. See. 

 vii. p. 298 (1870) : id. Sr Hartl. Voy. Ostafr. p. 727 (1870) ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 34, no. 10181 (1871) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 265 (Transvaal) ; Schl. Dierent. p. 244, cum tig. (1872) ; 

 Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 294 (1872 : Damara & 

 Great Namaqua-land) ; Antin. ^ Salvad. Viayq. Bogos, p. 150 

 (1873: Anseba); Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1091 (1873); 

 Btickley, Ibis, 1874, p. 389 (Limpopo River); Reichen.J.f. 0. 

 1874, p. 379 (Gold Coast); id. op. cit. 1875, p. 48; Bartlett, 

 P. Z. S. 1875, p. 68 (Madagascar) ; Shellei/, Ibis, 1875, p. 86 

 (Durban) ; Sharpe &;■ Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 53 

 (1876: Landana); Bocaye,J.f. 0. 1876, p. 306 (Rio Chimba) ; 



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