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268. $ ad. Bank of Loangwa. June 24, 1905. 



273. £ ad. Bank of Loangwa. June 25, 1905. 



284. ? Bank of Loangwa. June 29, 1905. 



Bill, black, yellow at base ; iris, brownish-yellow, 

 inwardly golden ; feet, very pale greenish-yellow. The 

 stomach of No. 284 contained two mice. 



" Chintunia," of the Asenga. Considered a delicacy 

 by the natives on account of its fat. Common on the 

 Loangwa River. 



Family OTIDID/E. 



31. Otis melanogaster. 



Otis melanogaster, Socage {nee Riipp.), " Orn. Angola," p. 417 ; 

 Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 23, p. 306 (part); 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1898, p. 381 (Mount Mlosa and Zomba 

 plains) ; Reichen., " Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 256 ; W. L. 

 Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 4, p. 302. 



480. $ ad. Near Kapopo, N.W. Rhodesia. October 



30, 1905- 



Bill, yellowish-white, blackish above ; iris, hazel 

 brown ; feet, pale yellowish. 



One of the only pair of Bustards seen, though reported 

 by natives of the Loangwa valley to occur there 

 occasionally. 



Native name, " Chisupasupa " of the Asenga, " Kasewa " 

 of the Awisa, " Chindokowa " of the Alala. 



Order ARDEIFORMES. 



Family CiCONHD^E. 

 32. Pseudotantalus ibis. 



Tantahis ibis, Linn., " Syst. Nat.," vol. 1, p. 241 (1766) ; Bocage, 

 "Orn. Angola," p. 454; Shelley, Ibis, 1898, p. 556 

 (Nyasaland) ; Reichen., " Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 333. 



Pseudotantalus ibis, Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 26, ^p. 

 327 ; W. L. Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 4, p. 49. 



