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where we obtained one out of a pair on Nov. 27. After 

 this date we occasionally savr small parties, evidently on 

 migration southward, while on one occasion a big party 

 suddenly appeared, as if from nowhere, and took up a position 

 not far from the spot where some natives were busy cutting 

 up a " hippo ^^ that I had shot the day before. They kept at 

 a respectful distance, watching with greedy curiosity the 

 rows of biltong gradually lengthen as the natives plied the 

 carcass with their knives and axes, but now and again 

 one bolder than the rest would come forward and sneak off" 

 with a morsel, only, however, to be chased on return by the 

 others with open wings. 



Adult ? (Nov. 27). Iris bluish black. Soft parts bluish 

 and purplish flesh-colour, with brighter patches of the latter 

 colour round the eyes. Legs and feet bluish flesh-colour. 



206. Hagedashia hagedash (Lath.). 



Parties now and again observed roosting on leafless trees 

 overhanging the river. Never seen singly. 



207. Plegadis falcinellus (Linn.). 



Fouiul on the lower reaches of the river in July. 



208. Platalea alba Scop. 



A party appeared on a stretch of low sand opposite Zumbo 

 on Nov. 9. 



209. Herodias ralloides (Scop.). 



Seen singly or in pairs, and first observed on Oct. 29 not 

 far below Zombo. On Dec. 30, near the Kafue river, we 

 passed through low, flat, reedy country. Here a fair number 

 occurred, and there is not a doubt that a breeding-station 

 existed somewhere in the locality. 



An adult female obtained on Jan. 4 had the sexual organs 

 in breeding condition. Iris lemon-yellow. Soft parts, legs, 

 and feet greenish yellow. 



210. Herodias alba (Linn.). 



Solitary individuals frequently observed where the river 

 was a mass of sandbanks. Towards evening this graceful 

 Heron was to be seen travelling at a quiet pnce along the 



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