440 MB. E. B. SHAEPE ON BIEDS 



tiny spots of bufFy white ; the hind neck lighter cinnamon and 

 with a few more distinct diamond-shaped spots of white ; loral 

 plumes white, extending above the eye, the latter having a black 

 line round it ; ear-coverts rufescent, with dusky blackish cross 

 lines ; cheeks dull white, with dusky cross bars ; remainder of 

 under surface of body light cinnamon-rufous, with a few white 

 spots and bars on the breast, the abdomen and flanks being 

 broadly barred with white, each white bar being bordered above 

 and below with a line of blackish ; thighs and vent yellowdsh buff ; 

 the under tail-coverts white, slightly barred with rufous near 

 their ends; under wing-coverts and axillaries light cinnamon- 

 buff, with a few dusky bars near the edge of the wing ; the lower 

 series yellowish buff, with broad black ends, resembling the under 

 surface of the wing, which is blackish, barred and tipped with dull 

 rufous. Total length 13 inches, wing 10"1, tail 5'5, tarsus 1"6. 



102. Strix plammea, L. ; Sengl. t. c. p. 123 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 ii. p. 291. 



A female from Semmio, February. 



Of the usual dark African type, with numerous spots. 



Order Y. GBALLATORES. 



Series I. GRALLATOEES ALTINAEES. 



Cohors I. Heeodii. 



Fam. Aedei"n^, 



103. BoTAUEUS Sttjemi {Wagl.); Ileicgl. t. c p. 1078; Hard, 

 ojf}. cit. viii. p. 215. — Ardea Sturmi, Heugl. t. c. p. 1078. 



An adult bird from Semmio, killed in March. 



104. BuTOEiDES ATEICAPILLA (Afzel). — Ardea atrieapilla, 

 Heugl. #. c. p. 1080. 



An adult specimen in full plumage from Semmio, May. 



Cohors II. Pelaegi. 



Earn. CicoNiiN^. 



105. Anastomus lamelligeeus, Temm. ; Heugl. t. c. p. 1119. 

 A single specimen from Dem Bakii', May ; in very worn 



plumage. 



