68 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collectioji of 



black band in centre, yellow patch on crown (forehead): 

 wattles yellow; legs black, joints red, feet red and black; 

 bare skin on breast red, edged with yellow and blue. 

 Stomach contained insects. Several seen for the first 

 time on the Naam River, where they were conspicuous 

 objects, wading with Herons, Ibises, Jacauas, etc.] 



73. Leptoptilus crumeniferus. African Marabou. 

 CAconia crumenifei-a Less. Traite, 1831, p. 585 : Senegal. 

 a. S ad. E. of Mt. Leganisho, 6600 ft. Oct. 31. 

 Total length in flesh : 52^ inches. Wing : 685 mm. 

 Weight : 16 lbs. 



Vei*y worn and in moult. 



[Irides brown ; skin round eyes red. mottled with black ; 

 bill pale horn, black at base ; legs and toes white ? 

 Common everywhere.] 



74. Scopus umtretta bannermani. Greater Hammer- 

 head. 



Scopus umhretta bannermani Claude Grant, Bull. B. O. C. 

 vol. XXXV. 1914, p. 27 : Mt. Leganisho, Brit. East Africa. 



Considerably larger than S. umbretta umbretta ; often 

 somewhat more asby below. Wing 300-330 mm. 



Type, ? ad. Mt. Leganisho, B.E. Africa. Collected on 

 Oct. 31, 1912, by Willoughby P. Lowe. Wing 328 mm. ; 

 culmen 77 mm. ; tarsus 65 mm. 



Named in honour of Mr. D. A. Bannerman. 



a. ? ad. Mt. Leganisho, 6600 ft. Oct. 31. 



b. S ad. Narossura River, 5000 ft. Nov. 15. 



Total length in flesh : ^ 20^ inches ; ? 20| inches. 

 Wing: S 311mm.; ? 328mm. 



The October bird is in fresh new dress, and the November 

 one is ratber worn and is moulting. 



[Irides brown ; bill black; legs and toes black. Stomach 

 contained fish, frogs, dragonflies, and a newt. Common, 

 wherever water is found.] 



It was first pointed out by Major Kelsall and Mr. D. 

 A. Bannerman (Ibisy 1914, p. 225) that the true Scopus 



