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Ardea alba. Great White HeroD 108 



Ardea garzetta. Little Egret 108 



Ardea bubulcus. Buff-backed Heron 109 



Ardea ralloides. Squaceo Heron 109 



Genus ABDETTA 110 



Ardetta minuta. Little Bittern 110 



Genus NYCTICOBAX 110 



Nycticorax griseus. Night-Heron 110 



Genus BOTAUBUS Ill 



Botaurus stellaris. Bittern Ill 



Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern Ill 



Family CICONIID^ 112 



Genus CICONIA 112 



Ciconia alba. White Stork 112 



Ciconia nigra. Black Stork 112 



Family PLATALEID^E 112 



Genus PLATALEA 112 



Platalea leucorodia. Spoonbill 113 



Genus PLEGADIS 113 



Plegadis falcinellus. Glossy Ibis 113 



Order ANSERES iu 



Family ANATHXE 114 



Genus PLECTROPTEEUS 114 



Plectropterus gambensis. Spur-winged Goose 114 



Genus CHENALOPEX 114 



Chenalopex cegyptiacus. Egyptian Goose 114 



Genus ANSEB 115 



Anser cinereus. Grey Lag Goose 115 



Anser segetum. Bean-Goose 115 



Anser brachyrhynchus. Pink-footed Goose 116 



Anser albifrons. White-fronted Goose 116 



Anser indicus. ^Bar-headed Goose 116 



Anser cygnoides. Chinese Goose 117 



