Collection of Birds fro7u Somali-land. 415 



Dendrocygna viduata, Dubois, Orn. Gal. 1839, p. 7\, pi. 44 ; 

 Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 1298 ; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 

 p. 806 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884, p. 242 (Shoa) ; 

 Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 115. 



Hub. The whole of Africa south of about 16° S. lat. 



'' Only met Avith a single pair o£ these birds in M arch. Iris 

 brown; bill black, with the nostrils and tip lavender; feet 

 black in the male, lavender in the female. ^^ 



55. PCECILONITTA ERYTHEORHYNCHA. 



Anas erythrorhyncha, Gm. S. N. 1788, p. 517; Finsch & 

 Hjirtl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 808; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 

 1884, p. 394 (Masai) ; Bolim, J. f. O. 1885, p. 62. 



Poecilonitta erythrorhyncha, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr, pi. 104 ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884, p. 244 (Shoa). 



Querquedula erythrorhyncha, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 1325; 

 Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 115 (Galla-land). 



Hab. E. and S. Africa, from Abyssinia throughout the 

 "whole of East and South Africa. 



" Shot on three occasions. Iris brown, bill black and light 

 I'ed, feet black.'^ 



56. Ibis hagedash. 



Tantalus hagedash, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 1790, p. 709. 



Ibis chalcoptera, Vieill. Gal. Ois. pi. 246. 



Ibis hagedash, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 1141 ; Finsch & 

 Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 735 ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 

 p. 386; Bohm, J. f. O. 1885, p. 38; Fischer, torn. cit. 

 p. 107. 



Hab. The whole of Africa south of about 16° N. lat. 



" Fairly plentiful on the Webbe Shebeyli. Iris yellow, bill 

 black, with the basal half of the culmen red, feet black.^' 



57. CURSORIUS GALLICUS SOMALENSIS, Subsp. U. 



Char adrius g alliens, Gm. S. N. 1788, p. 692. 



Cursorius gallicus, Heugl, Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 965 ; Dresser, 

 B. Eur. vii. p. 425, pi. 514. 



Hab. Typical race : N. and N.E. Africa. Subspecific race : 

 Somali. 



I have deemed it advisable to refer the present specimen 



