98 Mr. S. A. Neave on the Birds of 



Bill orange yellow ; feet and legs black ; iris pale yellow; 

 skin around eye greenish yellow. 



This bird measured in the flesh : length 41*5 inches, 

 wing 14' 1, culmen 5'1, tarsus 5*9. 



I found this large Egret very shy. It is usually solitary. 



64. Nycticorax nycticorax. 



Nycticorax nycticorax (L.) ; Reich, loc. cit. vol. i. p. 362. 



No. 816. ? . Mansya R., L. Young, 4500 ft., Nov. 2, 

 1908. 



Bill — upper mandible blackish, base and edges yellow, 

 lower mandible greenish yellow, tipped with black; feet 

 bright yellow; iris carmine ; orbit greenish yellow. 



Nos. 822, 823. <J ? . Mansya R., Nov. 4, 1908. 



Bill black, base yellow ; feet bright yellow; iris carmine ; 

 orbit yellow. 



I met with a large colony of these birds on the shores of 

 Lake Young, but did not observe them elsewhere. 



65. Nycticorax leuconotus. 



Nycticorax leuconotus (Wagl.) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 19. 

 I never met with any other example than that recorded 

 in the paper cited. 



66 Butorides ATRICAPILLA. 



Butorides atricapilla (Afzel.) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 19. 

 This bird is very common on the banks of the Luangwa 

 River. I did not observe it anywhere on the High Plateau. 



67. Erythrocnus rufiventris. 



Erythrocnus rufiventris (Sundew) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 20. 



No. 498. S • Chambezi Valley, 40C0 ft., April 16, 1908. 



Bill — the proximal half flesh-coloured, the distal black ; 

 feet pinkish flesh-coloured, claws horn-coloured ; iris deep 

 yellow ; orbit yellowish. 



Nos. 775, 776. ? ?. E. of L. Bangweolo, 4000 ft., 

 Oct. 15, 1908. 



(775) Bill dusky, lower mandible, the basal two-thirds 

 yellow, base of both mandibles and around eye greenish 



