70 Mv. C. II. B. Grant on a Collection of 



[Adult. — Irides yellow, bare skin round eyes greyish 

 yellow; bill: upper mandible black, lower flesh-colour, tip 

 yellow ; legs and toes dark brown. 



Immature similar, except lower mandible pinkish horn. 



Stomach contained lizards, mice, and locusts. Several 

 een on the dry ground, away from tbe river.] 



77. Ardea cinerea cinerea. Common Heron. 



Ardea cinerea Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 143: 

 Sweden. 



a, b. ? ad., ? imm. Turkwel River, 1950 & 2000 ft. 

 Jan. 12 & 1.3. 



Total length in flesh : 3G inches. Wing : ad. 433 mm. ; 

 imm. 411 mm. 



The adult is in good dress and is starting to assume by 

 moult the plumes of tbe breast and back. The immature 

 bird is in first dress and is rather worn. 



[Adult. — Irides yellow; bill black, tip of upper mandible 

 yellow, lower dirty yellow ; yellow spot in front of eye ; 

 skin around eye greenish ; legs and toes brown, top of legs 

 greenish. 



Immature. — Irides yellow; bill black, tip and base of 

 lower mandible yellowish ; yellow spot in front of eye ; 

 skin around eye greenish ; legs and toes blackish green. 

 The aduli was shot sitting in a thorn tree.] 



78. Mesophoyx intermedius brachyrhynchus. Short-billed 

 White Heron. 



Herodias brachyrhynchus Brehm, J. f. O. 1858, p. 471 : 

 Blue Nile, between 12° and 13° N. latitude. 



a. ? ad. Lake Naivasha, 6700 ft. Dec. 4. 



Total length in flesh : 27^ inches. Wing : 316 mm. 



In quite good new dress, and having both dorsal and 

 breast plumes. 



The character of the yellow upper half of the leg holds 

 quite good in all specimens that I have examined. 



One female from Elea, Baro River, Sudan, in the National 

 collection, obtained by Zaphiro for Mr. McMillan, appears 



