1895.] FROM WBSTEEN SOMALI-LAlfD. 



511 



155. Anas undata. 



Anas xanihorhtjncha, Forst. ; Heue;l. Orn. X.O.-xifr. ii. p. 1316 

 (1873) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (^2) i. p. 243 (1884), vi. p. 320 

 (1888) ; Eeichen. Vdg. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 26 (1894). 



Pcecilonetta ert/throrhyncha (Gm.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 415 ; 

 Salvad. t. c. p. 564 (1894 : Gurat). 



Querquedula erythrorhyncha, Oust. t. c. p. 12 (1886) ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1892, p. 541. 



a, 6. d" ? ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 3, 1894. Iris light brown ; 

 bill bright yellow-ochre and black ; legs brown. 



Antinori states that this Duck was frequent on the waters of 

 the Woddeccia in Shoa in May, and in the marshes of the higher 

 plateaux, but was not seen low down in the " Kolla." Dr. Eagazzi 

 met w^ith it on Lake Addo in February and June, and iu the latter 

 month on Lake Cialalaka. Mr. Jackson procured it at Machako's 

 in February, and Dr. Eeichenow records it from the Victoria 

 Nyanza. 



Order PELAEGIFOEjMES. 

 Fam. Ardeid^. 



156. BUBULCUS IBIS. 



Ardea ibis (L.) ; Heugl. Orn. X.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1069 (1873). 

 Bubulcus buhulcus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 228 

 (1884). 



Bubulcus lucidus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 314 (1888). 

 Bubulcus ibis, Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 64 (1894). 



a. d ad. Shebeli, Aug. 27, 1894. Iris white round the pupil, 



merging into red ; bill yellow-ochre at tip, merging into 

 red ; cere round the eye grey, red at base of bill ; legs 

 yellow-ochre, feet darker. 



b. 2 "ad. Merconfu, Jan. 11, 1895. Bill and legs yellow-ochre ; 



iris straw-yellow. 



c,d. S 2 ad. Merconfu, Jan. 11, 1895. Iris straw-yellow; 

 bdl yellow-ocbre ; legs black. 



Heuglin says that this Egret is resident in Egypt, and also 

 southwards in North-eastern Africa between 18° and 14° N. lat., 

 breeding, but disappearing during the dry and hot season (January 

 to May). In the swamps of the Western Nile region it is also 

 met with, and is not rare on the Abyssinian lowlands to the 

 Dembea plains. He also saw it once in Arabia Petrsea. In Shoa 

 it occurs everywhere in large flocks, according to Antinori ; and 

 Dr. Eeicheuow records the species from a number of places 

 between Bagamoyo and the Tictoria Nyanza. 



Fam. ScopiDvE. 



157. Scopus ttmbeetta. 



Sco_pus umbretta (Gm.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1091 



