Manchester Memoirs, Vol. li. (1907), No. 10. 21 



7. $ ad. Bank of Zambesi. June 21, 1904. 

 ,5///, black and grey, greenish-yellow at base; iris, 

 yellow ; feet, yellowish-green. 

 In flocks on the big rivers. 



40. Ardeirallus sturmi. 



Ardea sturmi, Wagl., " Syst. Av., Ardea," p. 191 (1827). 

 Botaurus sturmi, Bocage, " Orn. Angola," p. 447. 

 Ardeirallus sturmi, Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 26, p. 244. 

 Ardetta sturmi, Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 368; W. L. 

 Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 4, p. 89. 



50. $ ad. Petauke. December 1, 1904. 



Bill, black, with the base olive ; iris, red ; feet, olive. 



Order ANSERIFORMES. 



Family ANATID/E. 



41- Alopochen segyptiacus. 



Anser czgyptiacus, Briss., "Orn.," vol. 6, p. 284, pi. 27 (1760). 

 Chenalopex cegyptiacus, Bocage, " Orn. Angola," p. 497 ; Salvad., 



"Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 27, p. 167; Reichen., "Vog. 



Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 131. 

 Alopochen ozgvptiacus, Sharpe, " Handl. B.," vol. 1, p. 215; 



W. L. Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 4, p. 12S. 



540. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. Dec. 22, 1905. 



Native name, " Kamba." Common on the Loangwa 

 River and similar localities. 



42. Sarcidiornis melanonota. 



Anser melanonotus, Penn. in Forst., " Ind. Zool," p. 21 



(1781 : Madagascar). 

 Sarcidiornis melanonota, Salvad., "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 27, 



p. 54; Shelley, Ibis, 1898, p. 556 (Nyasaland) ; W. L. 



Sclater, "Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 4, p. 119. 

 Sarkidiorfiis melanotics, Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 1, p. 129. 

 Sarcidiornis ofricana, Eyton : Bocage, "Orn. Angola," p. 496. 



