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On Birds of Norlhern Rhodesia. 



[Tbis, 



from the flowers of a creeper ; others were delicate pink or 

 orange-yellow with their own blossom, and a species of 

 Erythrina carried horse-chestuiit sha])ed panicles of crimson 

 that had opened before its leaf-buds had burst. The only 

 incident that I recollect of ornithological interest was passing 

 some large flocks of, I believe, a third species of Crane ; 

 they were feeding on damp flats not far from the Kafue, 

 and I failed to get within effective rifle range. 



I have a[)pended a list of the birdskins and birds preserveil 

 with fornuilin that we brought home with us, and which I 

 have presented to the British Museum. This list was kindly 

 prepared for me by Mr, Thomas Wells, to whom I return 

 my grateful thanks. 



Anion o- the birds only one appears to be new. This is 

 Lyhi.us chapUni, named after Sir Drummond Chaplin, the 

 Administrator of Southern Rhodesia. It is described in the 

 Bull.B.O.C. (vol. xli. p. 50, Dec. 1920), and is figured 

 (Plate VII.) together with what appear to be its two nearest 

 allies, Li/hius leucocepJialus (Fil.), from the Egyptian Sudan 

 and Uganda, and L. ridmfacies (Reich w.) also from Uganda. 



List of Birdskins and Birds preserved in formalin, brought 

 hack from Northern Rhodesia and presented to the 

 British Museum. 



Pternistes swaiusoni. 



„ cranchi. 

 Numida coronata mitrata. 

 Pterocles gutturalis saturatior. 

 Vinago wakefieldi sclialowi. 

 Chalcopelia c. caffra. 

 Rliynchops flavirostris. 

 Ocbthodromus asiaticus. 

 Actophilua africanus. 

 Glareola pratincola fulleborui. 

 Rhinoptiliis chalcopterus. 

 Cursorius temminckii. 

 Otis melanogaster. 

 Bal«arica regiiloruui. 

 Ardea goliatli. 

 Nycticovax nycticorax. 

 Erytlirocnus rutiventris. 



Butoiides atricapilla. 

 Bubalcus ibis. 

 Hagedashia bagedash. 

 Aiiastomus lamelligerus. 

 Epbippiorbynciis senegalens>is. 

 Plectropterus gambensis. 

 Phalacrocorax africanus. 

 Anbiiiga rufa. 

 Neopbron pileatus. 

 Pseudogyps africanus. 

 Melierax gabar. 

 Astur badius polyzonoides. 

 Helotarsus ecaudatus. 

 Milvus migrans parasitus. 

 Falco dickinsoni. 

 Scops capensis. 

 Scotopelia peli. 



