1881.] birds from eastern africa. 599 



172. Dromas ardeola. 



Dramas ardeola, Paykull, Finsch & Haiti. Vog. Ostafr. p. 627. 



Dar-es-Salaam. 



It ranges throughout the whole of the East-African coast from 

 Natal to Massuah on the Red Sea, and also inhabits Madagascar 

 and the Seychelles Islands. 



173. Ardea melanocephala. 



Ardea melanocephala, Vig., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 680; 

 Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 284,29.5, 297; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, 

 p. 128. 



Usambara hills. 



It inhabits the entire Ethiopian region south of 14° N. lat. 



1/4. Herodias intermedia (Wagl.). 



Ardea intermedia, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 686. 



? Ardea alba, Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 295, 295. 



Usambara hills. 



It inhabits Africa south of 15° N. lat. To the north, at least 

 along the shores of the Mediterranean, it is, I believe, entirely re- 

 placed by the larger form H. alba (Linn.). 



175, Herodias garzetta. 



Ardea garzetta (Linn.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 687 ; 

 Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 295, 297. 

 Usambara hills. 

 This species ranges throughout the entire Ethiopian region. 



176. BuBULCus IBIS (Linn.). 



Ardea bubulciis, Finsch & Hartl. Vcig. Ostafr. p. 694. 

 Bubulcus ibis, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 245. 

 Usambara hills. 

 It inhabits the entire Ethiopian region. 



1 77. Ardetta sturmi. 



Ardea sturmi, Wagl., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 704. 

 Paugani. 



It inhabits the entire Ethiopian Region south of about 15° N. lat., 

 but is here recorded for the first time from the Zanzibar province. 



178. Ardetta MiNUTA (Linn.). 



Ardea minuta, Finsch & Hartl. Vcig. Ostafr. p. 705. 

 Ardea podiceps, Finsch & Hartl. tom. cit. p. 708. 

 Ardetta pusilla. Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 245. 

 Botaurus minutus, Fischer & Reichenow, tom. cit. p. 249. 

 Botaurus pusillus, Fischer & Reichenow, loc. cit. 

 Pangani. 



I have given above references to both Ardetta minuta (Linn.) 

 and A. pusilla (Vieill.), as they are so closely allied that I consider 



