from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 325 



a. $ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 2 January, 1899. 



(No. 85.) 



Iris light hazel; bill and legs dark slate-colour. 



251. FULIGULA FULIGULA. 



Fuligula fuligula (Linn.) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii, 

 p. 363 (1895). 



a, J (obviously adult ?). Lake Harrar Meyer, Abys- 

 sinia, 2 January, 1899. (No. 87.) 



b. (^ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 2 January, 1899. 

 (No. 88.) 



Iris yellow ; bill and legs dark slate-colour. 



[These Ducks were common on Lakes Harrar Meyer and 

 Chercher, but not seen on the rivers and small hill-lochs of 

 the higher Abyssinian plateaux. — L.] 



252. Hagedashia haqedash. 



Hagedashia hagedash (Lath.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxvi. pp. 19, 265 (1898). 



a. ? . Mendi, Abyssinia, 4 April, 1899. (No. 475.) 



b. rf . Famaka, Blue Nile, 8 May, 1899. (No. 501.) 

 Iris in a, inner ring brown, outer white ; in b yellow ; 



bill black, ridge of culmen dark red ; legs black, front of 

 legs and toes dark red. 



253. Plegadis falcinellus. 



Plegadis falcinellus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxvi. p. 29 (1898). 

 Head and legs only. 



254. Ardea melanocephala. 



Ardea melanocephala Vig. & Childr. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxvi. pp. 70, 268 (1898). 



a. c? . Lake Chercher, Abyssinia, 11 January, 1899. (No. 

 161.) 



Iris yellow ; upper mandible black, lower light ; legs 

 black. 



255. BUBULCUS LUCIDUS. 



Bubulcus lucidus (Rafin.) ; Sliarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 

 pp. 213, 282 (1898). 



