— l82 — 



It woiild appear troin the above list that the larj^er East African 

 biid extends westwards through the Sudan and probably French 

 Equatorial AtVica into Northern Nigeria, and that the Southern 

 bird (which cannot, in niy opinion, be distinguished froni S. u. han- 

 iieriiiani from Kenya Colony) extends northwards into Angohi. 



Another point which beconies apparent is tliat the feinale seems 

 to be of an average smaller size. Usually the sexes of thèse birds 

 are given as alike and certainly the ineasurements overlap. 



Beyond tlie Ethiopian Région Bannerman's Hanimerkop ranges 

 to Madagascar and to S. Arabia. 



Measurements of thèse birds are hère given : 



a. Madagascar . 



b. Adeii . . . 



c. S. Arabia. 



rf. » . . 



wing 305 mm. O 

 » 305 » O 

 » 295 » cf 

 » 322 » (;f 



F.xMii.Y ARDEIDAE. 



Ardea cinerea. 



Ardca ciiiei ca Linn., Svst. Nat., loth éd., 175^, p. 143. — iypc 

 localitv : Sweden. 



A spécimen of the Comuion Héron was shot by Mann at Lagos 

 and is in the Stuttgart Muséum. 



