1 8 NEAVE, Collection of Birds from N.E. Rhodesia. 



538. $ ad. Bank of Loangwa. December 21,1905. 



539. ? Bank of Loangwa. December 21, 1905. 



Bill, orange yellow ; bare skin on head, crimson, on 

 throat and back of head, orange ; iris, dark brown ; legs, 

 pinkish ; tarsi, flesh colour ; toes, dusky. 



Occasionally seen in flocks on the Loangwa River. 



33. Ciconia nigra. 



Ardea nigra, Linn., " Syst. Nat.," vol. 1, p. 235 (1766). 

 Ciconia nigra, Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 26, p. 303; 

 Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 346; W. L. Sclater, 

 " Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 4, p. 39. 



201. $ juv. Niamadzi River, Loangwa Valley. 

 June 1, 1905. 



Bill, dull red ; bare skin on face also red ; iris, 

 brown ; feet, reddish-yellow. 



Native name, " Matowankorno." One of a very 

 large flock. This is a new locality for the species. 



34. Leptoptilus crumeniferus. 



Leptoptilus crumeniferus, Less., " Traite d'Orn.," p. 585 (1831 : 

 Senegal) ; Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 453 ; Sharpe, " Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 26, p. 319; Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," 

 vol. 1, p. 338 ; W. L. Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Birds," 

 vol. 4, p. 46. 



548. ? $ . Near the Irumi Mountains, Alala Plateau, 

 in captivity. 



Bill and feet, dirty yellowish-white ; iris, brown. 



Native names, "Mkanga," " Namkulanchandwe." 

 Occasionally seen in large flocks on the Loangwa. 

 This individual was one of a pair obtained by natives 



from the nest, which was built in a patch of dense timber 



at the top of a tall tree. 



