NO. 1411. BIRDS FROM MOUNT KILIMANJARO— OBERHOLSER. 827 



condition intermediate, between P. 1. luguhrlx and Doctor Reichenow's . 

 PhalacTocorax gutturalh^'^ and indicating strongly that the hitter is, 

 as it has been recently considered by its describer,'' merely an adven- 

 titious variation of the formei". 



PHALACROCORAX AFRICANUS (Gmelin), 



Felecamis fifricanuK Hmfajs, Syst. Nat., 1, ii, 1788, p. 577 (Africa). 



One specimen, from Taveta, Februar}- 5, 1880. "Length 20 inches 

 [508 mm.]; iris red; bill orange yellow." 



Family ARDEID.E. 



ARDEA MELANOCEPHALA Vigors and Children. 



Ardea iiiddnocepliald N'uioKs and Children, in Denli. and C!lapp. Narr. Trav. 

 Afr., II, App., 1826, p. 201 (Lake Tchad, Bornou). 



One adult female, from the plains east of Mount Kilimanjaro, 

 December 11, 1888. 



HERODIAS ALBA (Linnaeus). 



Ardea alba Linn.eus, 8yst. Nat., 10th eil., I, 1758, p. 144 (Europe [type locality, 

 Sweden] ). 



One adult, from '' East Africa." 



NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX (Linnaeus). 



Ardea ?ivrf/cw/-(u- Linx.ei-.s, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1, 1758, p. 142 (southern Europe). 

 One specimen, without data. 



ARDEOLA RALLOIDES (Scopoli). 

 Ardea ralloides ScopoLi, Ann. Hist. Nat., I, 1769, p. 88 (no locality given). 

 One specimen, a female, from the Useri River, near Mount Kili- 

 manjaro, August 27, 1888. 



Family CICONIID^E. 



CICONIA CICONIA (Linnaeus). 



Ardea ciconia Linnaeus, Sy>«t. Nat., 10th eil., I, 1758, p. 142 (Europe, Asia, .Africa 

 [type locality, Sweden]). 



One specimen, from eastern Africa. 



"Journ. f. Ornith., 1892, p. 5 (Bukoba, Victoria Nyanza, German East Africa). 

 ''Reichenow, Vogel Africas, I, 1900, p. 90. 



