collected in Nyasaland. 477 



89. Scopus umbretta. 



Scopus umbretta (Gm.) ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 725 ; Kirk, 

 Ibis, 1864, p. 333. 

 Fort Lister, ? , July. 



90. Anastomus lamelligerus. 



Anastomus lamelligerus, Temm.; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 732. 

 Lake Shirwa, Feb. 



91. Leptoptilus crumeniper. 



Leptoptilus crumenifer (Cuv.) ; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 734; 

 Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 725 ; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, 

 p. 333. 



Palombi River, Sept. 



92. Ibis .ethiopica. 



Ibis athiopicus, Lath.; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 736. 

 Ibis religiosus, Cuv. ; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 334. 

 Palombi River, J ? , Oct. 



93. Plegadis falcinellus. 



Falcinellus falcinellus (Linn.); Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 741. 

 Falcinellus igneus (Gm.) ; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 334. 

 Palombi River, 6 ? , Oct. 



94. Plectropterus gambensis. 



Plectropterus gambensis (Linn.) ; Sharpe, B. S . Afr. p. 746 ; 

 Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 335. 



Lake Shirwa, ? , May. There is also a young bird in the 

 down, which died in captivity on the 5th of May. 



95. Dendrocygna major. 



Dendrocygna major, Jerd. 111. Ind. Orn. pi. 23 (1843). 



Dendrocycna major, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 148. 



Dendrocygna arcuata,y ox. major, Milne-Edw.& Grand. Hist. 

 Mad., Ois. p. 731, pis. 272, 273, 274. 



Palombi River, S ? , Aug. 19. These are fully adult, and 

 probably a pair of birds of the same age, but they differ con- 

 siderably in size, the male being the smaller of the two, as 

 the following measurements will show: — S , culmen 1'85 

 inches, wing 8*2, tarsus TS; ?, culmen 2*2 inches, wing 

 9'1, tarsus 2*1. 



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