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Sphenorhynchus abdimii {Ahdi)ina a/)dù/m auctorum). 



Cicoina abdimii Licht., \^er/,. Doubl., 1823, p. 76. — '^"ype 

 localitv : Dongola, Sudan. 



In the Catalogue of Hirds of the liritish Muséum, vol. XXVI, 

 p. 2c)2, the name Sphenorhymchtis of Hempr. and Ehrenb. (1832) 

 is rejected on account oi Sphe7iorhy7ichus Neuwied (1831) but the 

 name Sp/ienor/iynchus was piiblished in the Verzeichn. der Dou- 

 hletten in 1823 bv Lichtenstein (p. 76) when the species was 

 described. This validâtes the name for that date and consequently 

 the name nnist be revived and is hère employed. 



A spécimen of Abuim's Stork was shot at Ibadan, S. Nigeria 

 in March 1919 by Mr. A. W. Pomeroy and is now in the British 

 Muséum collection. 



Range. ■ — This species has a wide range in Africa. It is 

 represented in the British Muséum from the Gambia, Gold Coast, 

 S. Nigeria, Cameroon, Belgian Congo, Egyptian Sudan, Abyssinia, 

 Uganda, S. Rhodesia, Bechuanaland and the Cape Province. It 

 also occurs in Arabia from which we hâve a spécimen. 



Family SCOPIDAE 



Scopus umbretta umbretta- 



Scopus umbretta Gmei,., Syst. Nat., I, pt. 2, 1788, p. 618. — Tvpe 

 locality : Africa, i. e. Sénégal ex Bl'ffon, PL Enl., n° 796. 



A spécimen of the Lesser Hammerkop was shot by Mr. Kemp 

 at Burutu in April, 1905. 



It is of very spécial interest as being the most southern example 

 yet obtained of the tvpical species. 



There are two races of this bird in Africa : 



I. — Scopus umbretta umbretta. 

 Cf. supra. 

 Range. — Sénégal to Southern Nigeria. 



