328 UNDER THE AFRICAN SUN 



(RAILS.) 

 i8. Liuinocorax niger (Gm.) 

 Four specimens, two males and two females, from Masindi, 

 Unyoro, May and June 1897. " Iris bright red, a narrow Hesh- 

 red circle round the eye (eyelid), feet copper-red, bill light 

 green." The wing of the female is about i cm. shorter than 

 that of the male. 



19. Phyllopezns africanus (Gm.) 

 $ ad. Fajao, Unyoro. " Iris chocolate-brown. Feet light 

 slate-blue. Bill light slate-blue. Bare forehead, slate-blue." 



(SAND-GROUSE.) 



20. Ptci'ocles guttiiralis A. Smith. 



^ April 1898. Campi-ya-Simba (the lion camp), in Ukamba, 

 British East Africa. " Iris dark brown, feet blackish-grey, bill 

 bluish-grey." 



(STORKS AND HERONS.) 



21. H agedashia kagedash (Lath.) 



Fajao, Unyoro, 10/12/97. " Ii'is light straw-yellow." Wing 

 360-365 mm., bill 150 ( $ ), 180 ( $) mm. 



22. Ibis cEtJiiopica (Lath.) 



ad. Lake Nakuru, Uganda Protectorate, 23/3/98. " Iris 

 dark brown." 



23. Bubulcus ibis (L.) 



$ Pongo, Lur country, north-west shore of Lake Albert, 



24/10/97. 



24. A rdetta payesi ( Verr.) 



? Kibero, on east shore of Lake Albert, Unyoro, 15/8/97. 



I believe there is no doubt that this specimen must be called 

 A. payesi {yQ,xx^. It agrees with A.piisilla (V.) in most characters, 

 but the sides of the head and neck are bright cinnajnoft. It is 

 certainly not A. podiceps (Bp.), of which I have a large series. 

 A. payesi is as yet, according to Neumann (J. F. O. 1898, p. 284) 

 only on record from South and West Africa, and specimens from 

 there, and most likely other parts, have hitherto been mixed up 

 with A. pusilla or A. podiceps. 



