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Mr. A. L. Butler on the 



bank. The nest was built on an old " Heglik " tree. It was 

 a large flat mass of sticks, placed about twenty feet from the 

 ground. The tree was about two miles inland, beyond the 

 swamp-belt, in the open forest. The nest contained one white 

 egg, which was so near hatching that Mr. Middleton failed 

 to preserve it. 



At the present time (February 1905) I have two fine young 

 birds alive (see text-fig. 20). They were sent in December 



Text-fi<?. 20. 



^ oung of Mycteria senegalvnsis. 



from the Sobat by the gentlemen of the American Mission, 

 and are destined for the Giza Zoological Gardens. There 



