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a. 6. Maragaz. July 28 (no. 705). 
b. 2. Maragaz. July 28. 
ce. 6. Waliko. July 25 (no. 699). 
d.  Walhko, July 25. 
Long. al. Cand. Culm. Tars, Dig. med. 
15/153" 42! 5M gglll_gailr 3g! 4ll gil 6l_git gi LB tension 
14 4 4 — 3. 0 2 6 Aloe rs 
The female is similar to the males, but has the chestnut patch of feathers on the 
breast less developed.—0O. F. 
[Iris reddish yellow ; legs pink, toes black. 
Common in flocks on Goore plain, near Senafé. One female shot on the Anseba, 
28th July, had a completely formed egg inside, which I unfortunately broke. These 
birds were then in pairs along the river-side.— //. /.] 
211. Ruyncnaspis cLYPEATA (Linn.). 
Spatula clypeata, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 138. no. 496. 
Rhynchaspis clypeata, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 699. 
Spatula clypeata, Heugl. Fauna d. Roth. Meer. no. 289. 
a. 6. Senafé. April 12 (no. 462). 
6. 2. Senafé. April 12 (no. 500). 
Von Heuglin notices this Duck as a permanent inhabitant of Abyssinia.—0O. F. 
[Iris yellow; beak dirty green; female, beak lighter, under mandible red; legs and 
feet orange. 
I only saw one small flock at Senafé, none elsewhere.—//. /. | 
Fam. COLYMBIDZ. 
212. Popicers minor, Lath. 
Podiceps minor, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 138. no. 502; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 709; id. Fauna d. 
Roth. Meer. no. 292; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 811. no. 421. 
a. 3. Senafé. April 13 (no. 415). 
Long. al. Caud. Tars. Dig. ext. 
3! 10" gl ] Bir 18", 
A full-dressed female, with the sides of the head and the neck chestnut, the same 
as in European specimens. Drs. Hemprich & Ehrenberg collected this very widely 
distributed species in Arabia..—0O. F. 
[The only specimen I saw.— VW. J.] 
VOL. Vil.—ParT iv. May, 1870. 
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