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insertion in ' The Ibis/ together with some brief notes which 

 Mrs. Hinderer was so good as to attach to the specimens, and 

 which include the native names of each species. The town of 

 Ibadan is in latitude 7° 40' North, and longitude 4° 10' East, 

 or thereabouts, and lies about fifty miles inland from the Bight 

 of Benin. 



1. PoLYBORoiDES RADiATUs (Scop.). " Asharo. Eycs bright 

 purple, light yellow rim." 



2. BucERos ELATUs (Tcmm.). " Aghigho. Eyes black; 

 feeds upon fruit, especially a kind of plum; is so strong, it 

 can fight and conquer any bird." 



3. BucERos FAsciATUs (Shaw). " Atioro. Eyes coal-black ; 

 feeds on fruit." 



4. IsPiDiNA piCTA (Bodd.). " Opere. Feeds upon flies." 



5. PoGONiAS BiDENTATUs (Shaw). " Akoko. So called from 

 its cry. Eyes purple." 



6. Centropus senegalensis (Linn.). *' Elulu. Eyes red, 

 with yellow ring." 



7. Ardea ATRTcoLLis (Wagl.). " Ako. Eyes deep purple; 

 feeds on snakes and lizards.'' 



8. Ardea bubulcus (Savigny). " Leke-leke. Eyes black, 

 with very light yellow rim." 



9. Thresciornis religiosa (Savigny). " Yenja-yenja. Eyes 

 deep purple; feeds upon fish, frogs, and anything it can get 

 out of the water." 



10. Rhynch^a capensis (Linn.). '' Eyedo. A bird of the 

 brooks ; feeds upon little fishes and anything it can find by 

 the water's edge." 



Catton Hall, Norfolk. 



XVI. — On the Ornithology of Northern Africa. 

 By the Rev. H. B. Tristram, F.L.S. (Part I.) 



It is impossible to gain a just view of the ornithology of any 

 country without considering in the first place its physical and 



