828 PROCEEDINGS OF THE XATIOXAL MUSEUM. vol. xxvm. 



Family IBIDIDiE. 



IBIS iETHIOPICA (Latham). 



Tant<(his ;iUiloj)i<'nf! Latyiasi, Iml. Orn., II, 1790, p. 706 ("^Ethiopia") . 

 Two specimens, from Aruschii-wa-chini, south of Mount Kilimanjaro, 

 October 25, 188!*. ''Iris brown; sclerotics red; head, neck, and feet 

 black; bare skin under win^s carmine.*' 



HAGEDASHIA HAGEDASH (Latham). 



Tanidhis hHijcthiuli Latham, Ind. Orn., II, 1700, p. 709 (Cape of Good Hope, 

 southern Africa). 



One specimen, from East Africa, with no indication of more exact 

 locality. 



Family ANATID.E. 



ALOPOCHEN iEGYPTIACA (Linnaeus). 

 Jw/.f .T7//y>//Vfca LiNN.F.us, Syst. Nat., ll-'th e<I., 1, 1766, p. 197 (Egypt). 



One adult male, from the plains of Mount Kilimanjaro, August 22, 



1888. 



PyECILONITTA ERYTHRORHYNCHA ( Gmelin) . 



Anafi eriiUirnrJiijndia (Jmelin, 8yst. Nat., I, ii, 1788, p. 517 (('ape of Good Hope, 

 southern Africa). 



One female, from the Useri River, on the Kilimanjaro plains, 

 Auo-ust 27, 18S8. 



The generic name of this duck has sutfered nuich at the hands of 

 purist emenders; the original atid therefore proper form of the word, 

 as written above, is rarely seen. 



THALASSORNIS LEUCONOTA Eyton. 



ThalusHornis leacoiiolu.-^ Eyton, Man. Anat., 18o8, ^i. 168 (Cape of Good Hope, 

 southern Africa). 



Two specimens — male and female — from the plains southwest of 

 Mount Kilimanjaro, May 10, 1889. 



The bird described by Doctor Richmond as Thalassornls Insularh/'' 

 from specimens collected by Doctor Abbott in Madagascar, seems to be 

 undoubtedly distinct, and differs from the continental species as he 

 has indicated." 



«Proc.. U. 8. Nat. Mus., XIX, 1897, p. 678 (River Sakales). 



