206 Mr. V. G. L. van Someren on Birds 



Turnix nana. 



(^ . 4. V. 10. 



This is not a common species. A few are occasionally 

 flushed in the old deserted native gardens. This specimen 

 is in worn plumage and is very pale. 



Locality/. Mpumu (nr. Kyctema), in Uganda. 



Tantalus ibis. 



S 1-2. 8. xii. 10 : l.xii.lO. 

 ? 1; imm. 1. 8. xii. 10. 



Fairly common on the lakes in western Uganda. The 

 immature bird is in the brown plumage^ and has a horn- 

 coloured bill. 



Localities. Katwe and Chambura River, in Uganda. 



Anastomus lamelligerus. 



(J & ? . 19. viii. 11 ; 15.vii. 12. 



I was surprised to find that these birds are great 

 scavengers. A pair visited the slaughter-shed at Kisumu 

 every morning at 5.30 and sat on a tree close by, and Avaited 

 until the killing and disembowelling was over. They then 

 swooped down on to the refuse, accompanied by dozens of 

 the common Brown Vulture. 



Localities. Kabaleka Lake, in Uganda ; Kisumu, in 

 British East Africa. 



Leptoptilus crumeniferus. 



S & imm. 19. viii. 11. 



Common at certain seasons. Also a great scavenger. 



Locality. Crater Lakes, Toro, Uganda. 



Mycteria senegalus. 

 S juv. October 1910. 



A single specimen, in the brown plumage of immaturity. 

 Not at all common. 



Locality. Ankoli, in Uganda. 



Ahdimia abdiniii. 



S 1-2. 21.xi. 10. 



Seen occasionally by the banks of rivers and along the 



