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Family SCOPID^E. 

 35. Scopus umbretta. 



Scopus umbretta, Gm., "Syst. Nat.," vol. 1, p. 618 (1788) ; Bocage, 

 "Orn. Angola," p. 457; Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," 

 vol. 26, p. 288; Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 353; 

 W. L. Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 4, p. 51. 



1. $ ad. Near Feira. May 29, 1904. 

 296. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. July 3, 1905. 

 Bill, black ; iris, brown ; feet, black. 



Common on all the rivers and streams. " Katawa " 

 of all the local tribes. Natives have a great dislike to 

 this bird, which they consider ill-omened. 



Family ARDEIDAE. 



36. Nycticorax leuconotus. 



Ardea leuconotus, Wagl., "Syst. Av., Ardea," p. 189 (1827). 

 Nycticorax leuconotus, Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 450; Sharpe, 



"Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 26, p. 157; Reichen., "Vog. 



Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 363; W. L. Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, 



Birds," vol. 4, p. 85. 



295. <J j uv - Bank of Loangwa. July 3, 1905. 



Bill, black, with horn-coloured tips and yellow nostrils 

 and base ; iris, golden-yellow ; feet, greenish-yellow ; 

 bare skin on face and orbit, yellow. 



" Totwe/' of the Asenga. This is an interesting new 

 locality for the species, the nearest existing records 

 appearing to be Benguela in Angola, and Rustenberg in 

 the Transvaal. 



37. Butorides atricapilla. 



Ardea atricapilla, Afzel., Acta Acad. Stockh., vol. 25, p. 264 

 (1804 : Sierra Leone). 



