1917-] Birds from British East Africa. 411- 



Alopochen aegyptiacus. 



Anas cegijptiaca Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 1766, p. 197 [Egypt]. 

 Alopochen osgyptiacits C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 73. 

 (^ & ? ad. Tsavo. 21st August. 



I saw the Egyptian Goose on this occasion only, and 

 secured a right and left with a '410 collector's gun. 



Ardeola ralloides, 



Ardea ralloides Scopoli, Ann. i. 1769, p. 88. 

 Ardeola ralloides Reich w. Vog. Afr. i. 1901, p. 374. 

 ? . Tsavo Swamp. 6th August. Wing 215 mm. 

 Iris yellow ; bill green ; legs green. 



The Squacco Heron was seen in most places where there 

 was water. 



Ardea goliath. 



Ardea goliath Cretzschmar in Rupp. Atlas, 1826, p. 39, 

 pi. 36 [White Nile] ; Reichw. Vog. Afr. i. 1901, p. 376. 

 ? imm. Thika River. 3rd October. 

 Rarely seen on the Tsavo and Thika rivers. 



Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis. 



Mideria senegalensis Shaw, Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 1798, 

 p. 35, pi. 3 [Senegal]. 



Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 67. 

 $ . Tsavo Swamp. 3rd August. 



Bill red, black band, yellow saddle ; iris yellow ; legs 

 black, joints pink. 



Only seen on this one occasion, and secured by a lucky 

 flying shot with a '22 rifle. 



Hagedashia hagedash erlangeri. 



Hagedashia hagedash erlangeri 'NeuxnsLnn, Ornis, xiii. 1909, 

 pp. 193, 195 [Dogge, S. Somaliland]. 



cJ . Ithanga Hills. 4th October. Wing 368 ram. 



Iris white ; bill purple and black ; legs dark red and 

 black. 



This Ibis was not uncommon on the Tsavo and Thika 

 rivers. 



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