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On the genus Lampribis. 



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As 11 matter of interest I append a list of birds seen on 

 31 Dec, to give some idea of what a full tlay can produce, 

 and also the comparative numbers of individuals : 



Lesser Black-backed Gall, 2, 



HeiTing-CTiill, 2. 



Black-lieaded Gull, 100. 



Cormorant, 25. 



Mergus sp., 15. 



Mallard, 100,000. 



Widgeon, 100,000. 



Teal, 50. 



Pintail, 1000. 



Shoveler, 6. 



Sheld-Duck, 2. 



Tufted Duck, 15. 



Anser sp., 6. 



Grey Heron, 4. 



Coot, 1000. 



Jack Snipe, 2. 



Dunlin, 500. 



Redshank, 4. 



Curie Av, 1 



Slender-billed Curlew, 5. 



Grey Plover, 10. 



Lapwing, 5. 



Stone- Curlew, 6. 



Red-legged Partridge, 4. 



Stock-Dove, 2. 



Marsli-PIarrier, 0. 



Ilen-Harrier, 1 2 . 



Montagu's Harrier, 1 c?. 



(-Jreater Spotted Eagle, 1. 



Sea-Eagle, 1 ad. 



Merlin, 2. 



Kestrel, 2. 



Sky-Lark, 100. 



Wood-Lark, 2. 



Magpie, 25. 



Greenfinch, 0. 



Linnet, 4. 



Goldfinch, 4. 



Chaffinch, 1. 



House-Sparrow, 10. 



Reed-Hunting, 4. 

 Meadow-Pipit (common). 

 Tree -Pipit, 10. 

 Water-Pipit (several). 

 Wren, 2. 

 Dartford Warbler, i. 



Willow- Wren, ('). 

 Gold-crest, 1 

 Aquatic Warbler, 3. 

 Fanf ail Warbler, 1. 

 Black Redstart, 1. 

 Robin, 1. 

 Blackbird, 1. 



XXXIII. — A 7iote on the (/enus Lampribis n? East and Central 

 Africa. By James P. ('hapin, M.A.O U., American 

 Museum of Natural History. 



Lampribis oUvacea and Lampribis rara. — Both these rare 

 African Ibises range eastward to the Ituri Forest, wbere 

 a single specimen of each was collected by the Ameri- 

 can Museum Congo Expedition at Avakubi. A second 

 example of Lampribis rara was also secured at Niapu, in the 

 Bomokandi region of the Uele. 



