512 DE. B, B. SHAEPE ON BIBDS [May 21, 



(1873); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 229 (1884), vi. p. 315 

 (1888) ; Sharpe, ibis, 1892, p. 542 ; Keichen. Viig. Deutsch-Ost- 

 Afr. p. 61, fig. 32 (1894). 



a. 2 ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 25, 1894. Iris dark brown ; eye- 

 lids, bill, and feet black. 



Heuglin records this species as occurring along the coast of the 

 Red Sea up to 18^ N. lat., throughout the whole of Abyssinia 

 south from the Adel Mountains to Sboa. In the interior of 

 Abyssinia it reaches an elevation of 10,000 feet, and is even more 

 plentiful on the western slope of the Ethiopian highlands, towards 

 Barka, on the Setit and the other tributaries of the Atbara, near 

 Qalabat, the sources of the Deuder and Eahad in Fazogl, Southern 

 Kordofan, and on the torrents which flow into the Sobat, Kir, 

 Gazelle, Djur, and Kosanga rivers. In September Antinori pro- 

 cured a specimen in Shoa, and Dr. Ragazzi did the same in October 

 and February. Mr. Jackson met with the species at Machako's in 

 March ; and Dr. Eeichenow gives the following localities in German 

 East Africa: — Paugani Elver, Usambara, Bagamoyo, Ugalla, on 

 the Victoria Nyanza (breeding in December), Tabora, Aruscha, 

 Ukamba, Mgera, Ugogo. 



Suborder P l a t a l e ^. 



158. Ibis vethiopica. 



Ibis cethiopica (Lath.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. pt. 1, p. 1135 

 (1873: C.&S. Nubia; Taka) ; Oust. t. c. p. 11 (1886): Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 230 (1884), vi. p. 316 (1888) ; Eeichen, 

 A^og. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 56, fig. 27 (1894) ; Sharpe, Cat. B 

 Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 4. 



a,h. c? 2 ad. Bainhou, Jan. 10, 1894. Iris brown. 



Heuglin states that the Sacred Ibis is a migrant in Central and. 

 Southern Nubia, Takah, Senar, aud Kordofan, returning during 

 the summer raiuy season. He noticed it in Southern Senar in 

 May, near Khartoum at the beginning of July, near Berber, and 

 in Dougola a little later. In January and February he found 

 large flocks on the Tana Lake and near the mouth of the Sobat. 

 In August and September it was in pairs in the Dahlak Archi- 

 pelego. The Italian traveller Antinori met with the species in 

 Shoa at Lake Cialalaka in April, and Dr. Eagazzi in the same 

 place in February, as well as at Antoto in December. Mr. Jack- 

 son does not seem to have come across the species, but, according 

 to Dr. Eeichenow, it has been found at the following places in 

 German East Africa : — Bagamoyo, "Wualaba, Ussambara, on the 

 Meru Mountains, at Sigirari, and on the Victoria Nyanza. 



159. Hagedashia hagedash. 



Ihis hagedash (Lath.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1141 (1873) ; 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 415; Oust. t. c. p. 11 (1886); Sharpe. Ibis, 

 1892, p. 542. 



