424. Dr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 
feathers of the breast and sides of neck, they must be 
referred to H. rara until they are demonstrated to be the 
young of H. olivacea. 
78. HAGEDASHIA HAGEDASH. 
Theristicus hagedash Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, 1. p. 325 
(1900). 
Nos. 1193, 1194. Ad. River Ja, Dec. 1905. 
No. 12]8. @ juv. River Ja, Dec. 30, 1905. 
No. 18384. Ad. River Ja, Jan. 20, 1906. 
79. DissuRA MICROSCELIS. 
Dissoura microscelis (Gray) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, 1. 
p- 347 (1901). 
INo; 12038. 2 ad! River Ja, Dec: 28; 190s. Mees 
forming. 
80. ARDEA GOLIATH. 
Ardea goliath Cretzschm.; Reichenow, Voég. Afrikas, 1. 
p. 376 (1901). 
No. 1275. G? River Ja, Jan. 9, 1906. 
No. 1441. Q@ ad. ,, Feb. 20, 1906. 
81. TiGRORNIS LEUCOLOPHA. 
Tigrornis leucolopha (Jard.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 98. 
No. 1886. Gad. River Ja, Feb. 2, 1906. 
No. 1754. o ad. ee June 12, 1906. 
[Of the birds of the Heron family I have little to say. 
They have generally been only one or two of a species, and 
those were killed some years ago, when no notes were 
kept. Of the Tiger-Bittern several specimens have been 
obtained both at Efulen and the Ja, and this bird seems 
to be the commonest member of the family. The contents 
of the stomach of the different imdividuals were various— 
a spider, grasshoppers, parts of a crab, a lizard, and a good- 
sized frog. A specimen shot in May had quite large eggs 
in the ovary.—G. L. B.] 
82. BuBULCUS LUCIDUS. 
Bubulcus ibis (L. 1758); Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, i. 
p- 381 (1901). 
