450 Mr. W. R. Ogilvic-Grant on 



These two fine adult females of the African Spoonbill have 

 the iris pearly white, the bill blue-grey clouded with pink and 

 margined with a pink border crenulatcd on the inner edge, 

 the bare skin on the face and throat ]nx\\i, darker on the fore- 

 head, and the legs and feet whitish pink. 



150. *Ardea purpurea. 



Phuyx purpurea (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 

 p. 60 (1898) ; Witherby, p. 272. 



[The Purple Heron was fairly common. — R. M. H.] 



151. ArDEA GOLIATH. 



Ardea goliath Cretzschm. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxvi. p. 66 (1893). 



a. S • Kaka, 7th May. No. 459. 



Iris yellow; bill dusky, paler below; legs and feet greyish 

 black. 



[The Giant Heron was very common, and was always 

 observed singly. It may sometimes be seen standing in a 

 curious attitude with the tips of its wings crossed in front 

 of its feet.— R. M. H.] 



152. Ardea melanocepiiala. 



Ardea melanoctphala Vig. & Childr. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 325. 



a.S' Kaka, 8th March. No. 121. 



b. S . Fashoda, 30th March. No. 254. 



Iris straw-coloured ; bill dark greyish black, lighter at the 

 base and on the under mandible ; bare skin below the eyes 

 with a greenish tint, yellowish from eye to nostril ; legs black, 

 with a faint vinaceous tint on the back of the tarsus. 



[The Great Black-headed Heron was fairly common and 

 generally solitary in its habits. The stomach of No. 254 

 contained two rats, remains of coleoptcra, and a parasitic 

 worm.— R. M. H.] 



153. ^Ardea cinerea. 



Ardea cinerea Liun.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Biit. Mus. xxvi. 

 p. 74 (1898) ; Witherby, p. 272. 



[The Common Heron was plentiful along the khors. — 



R. M. n.] 



