100 ZÜOLOGTCAL RESEARCHES 



When re-visiting ray old stations Bendo and Buluma 

 on the Fisherman Lake in December 1886, I was very 

 anxious to see what had become of the small coloay of 

 Glareolas, which I formerly knew to have settled on some 

 mangrove-covered and bare rocks in the Lake between 

 both aforesaid stations. I really found on the same spot 

 six specimens — there were formerly never more than eight 

 together — of which I killed two in one shot. 



Again I found the same species along the rapids of the 

 Du Queah , on my journey to the falls, in February 1887, 

 but was not able to get any eggs. On the rocks in the 

 St. John's River , above the first rapid , I shot three speci- 

 mens, viz. an adult male and female with their young. 

 The plumage of the latter is slaty gray with a fulvous 

 tip to each feather , preceeded by a narrow black cross-band , 

 the quills and tail-feathers included ; the abdomen is pure 

 white , the rusty red collar , so characteristical in the adult 

 bird , not yet developed. 



131. Vanellus in o r nat u s ^ Sw. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 235; id. 1886, p. 265. 



Met with in flocks of 5 — 10 specimens in the savannas 

 of the Old Field after the grass was burnt ofP. 



132. Ardea alha^ Linn. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 238; id. 1886, p. 265. 



One specimen killed near the mouth of the Junk River. 

 At several times I saw single specimens on the mud- 

 banks of the Messurado River. 



133. Ardea g u I a r i s , Bosc. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 238; id. 1886, p. 266. 



Only once met with when on a trip along the Bar- 

 guay River. 



Notes from the Leyden jMuseum , "Vol. X. 



