600 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON [May 3, 



their specific separation unnecessary. Tiie two specimens sent to 

 me by Dr. Kirk from Pangani I shonld refer to the true A. minuta. 

 Both for.ms, according to Dr. Fischer, occur on the island of Zan- 

 zibar. Collectively they range throughout the Ethiopian Region. 



179. Scopus umbretta. 



Scopus umbretta, Gm., Finsch & Hartl. Vcig. Ostafr. p. 727 

 Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 245 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 249 

 Fischer, torn. cit. p. 295 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 284, 296, 297, 301 

 Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 339. 



Usambara hills. 



This species ranges throughout the Ethiopian region south of 

 about 15° N. lat. 



180. Ibis .ethiopica. 



Ibis cethiopica (Lath.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 733 ; 

 Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 248 ; Fischer, torn. cit. 

 p. 295 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 295, 296. 



Usambara hills. 



I may here mention that I have recently received from M. FiHp- 

 poni an Egyptian specimen shot on Lake Mensala, in the Delta ; so 

 that this species is now known to range in Africa from the mouth 

 of the Nile to the Cape of Good Hope, and on the west coast as 

 far north as the Senegal river. 



181. Geronticus hagedash. 



Ibis hagedash (Lath.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 735 ; 

 Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 295, 296. 



Ibis caffrensis, Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 248. 



Usambara hills. 



It ranges throughout Africa south of the line, and northward in 

 Western Africa to the river Gambia. 



182. TOTANUS CANESCENS. 



Totanus canescens (Gm.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 745. 



Usambara mountains. 



It ranges throughout the whole of Africa. 



183. Calidris arenaria. 



Calidvis arenaria (Linn.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 767. 



Lamo. 



It inhabits the entire Ethiopian Region. 



184. RhynchjEA capensis. 



Rhynchcea capensis (Linn.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 774. 



Lamo. 



Although here recorded for the first time from the Zanzibar re- 

 gion, it ranges throughout the whole of Africa and Madagascar. 



