686 Messrs. Ogilvie-Giaut and Keid on Birds 



246. Plegadis falcinellus. 



Pkf/adis falcinellns (Linn.) ; Sharpe^ Cat. E. Brit. Mus. 

 xxvi. p. 29 (1898). 



a, b. ? ? . Lake Harramaier, S. Abyssinia^ 28tli Nov. 

 Nos. lir, L20. 



Iris brown ; bill dusky green^ with a narrow line of blue 

 round the base ; legs dusky green. 



[The Glossy Ibis Avas plentiful at Harramaier. — A. E. P.] 



247. Ibis ^thiopica. 



Ibis athiopica (Lath.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 512; 

 Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 295. 



a. (J. Lake Harramaier, S. Abyssinia^ 28th Nov. No. 

 132. 



Iris red-brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The Sacred Ibis was common in large flocks on Lake 

 Harramaier. — A. E. P.] 



248. Platalea alba. 



Platalea alba Scop. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 

 p. 49 (1898) ; Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 295. 



a. S iram. Lake El Toki, S. Abyssinia, 17th Feb. No. 

 590. 



Iris brown ; bill bkie-slate-coloured, base of bill and face 

 purple- pink ; legs black. 



This young bird is in a very interesting stage, and at the 

 first glance might easily be mistaken for P. regia on account 

 of its dark beak and black legs. The primaries, especially the 

 outermost of them, are very brown on the outer web and 

 towards the tip, and all the flight-feathers have black shafts. 



[This specimen of the African Spoonbill was obtained at 

 El Toki, where a few others were observed. Birds of all 

 sorts, especially water-birds, herons, &c., were very numerous 

 there, but, owing to the extent and denseness of the reeds 

 and marsh, impossible to approach. — A. E. P.] 



249. Ardetta podicipes. 



Ardetta podicipes (Bonap.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxvi. p. 225 (1898). 



