72 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



82. Phceniconaias minor. Smaller Flamiugo. 

 Phcenicopterus minor GeofFr. Bull. Sc. Soc. Philom. 1798, 



p. 98 : Senegal [cf. Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxv. 1817, 

 p. 520) . 



a, b. ? ad., (^ jnv. Lake Hannington, 3700 ft. Dec. 25. 



Total length in flesh: ad. 32^ inches ; juv. 29 inches. 

 Wing : ad. 330 ram. ; juv. 304 mm. 



The adult is very worn and faded, and is apparentlj'^ in 

 summer dress. The young bird is moulting into a more 

 afUilt dress. 



[Adult. Irides reddish yellow ; bill red, tip black ; legs 

 and toes red- 



Juv. Irides brown ; bill dirty brown, bare ^kin of face 

 black; legs and toes grey. 



Abundant ; no signs of P. roseus.] 



83. Sarkidiornis melanotus africanus. African Knob-billed 

 Duck. 



Sarkidiornis africanus Eyton, Men. Anat. 1838, p. 103 : 

 Gamba River, i. e. Gambia River, West Africa. 



a. c? ad. Lake Naivasha, 6700 ft. Dec. 6. 



Total length in flesh : 25^ inches. Wing : 316 mm. 



In quite good dress, rather faded above in parts. 



I can appreciate this race, which is always smaller 

 than specimens of Sarkidiornis melanotus melanotus (Anser 

 melanotus Penn. lud. Zool. 1769, p. 12, pi. xi. : Ceylon). 



It is worthy of note that Pennant's original description 

 gives the " back and wings black, but the ends of the primary 

 feathers of a fine variable green,'' which does not appear to 

 be an absolutely correct description. 



The copy of the first edition of Pennant^s work, examined 

 by me at the Linnean Society, is not dated, and I have 

 quoted the date 1769 from Sherborn, Ind. Anim. 1902, 

 p. xliii. 



[Irides brown ; bill dark brown, tip of lower mandible 

 white; legs and toes grey. Only one seen.] 



