450 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 
These two fine adult females of the African Spoonbill have 
the iris pearly white, the bill blue-grey clouded with pink and 
margined with a pink border crenulated on the inner edge, 
the bare skin on the face and throat pink, darker on the fore- 
head, and the legs and feet whitish pink. 
150. ^Ardea purpurea. 
Phoyx purpurea (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 
p. 60 (1898) ; Witherby, p. 272. 
[The Purple Heron was fairly common. — B. M. H.] 
151. ArDEA GOLIATH. 
Ardea goliath Cretzschra. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxvi. p. 66 (1898). 
a. S • Kaka, 7th May. No. 459. 
Iris yellow ; bill dusky, paler below ; legs and feet greyish 
black. 
[The Giant Heron was very common, and was always 
observed singly. It may sometimes be seen standing in a 
curious attitude with the tips of its wings crossed in front 
of its feet.— E. M. H.] 
152. Ardea melanocephala. 
Ardea melanocephala Yig. & Childr. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, 
p. 325. 
a. S ' Kaka, 8th March. No. 121. 
b. S . Fashoda, 30th March. No. 254. 
Iris straw-coloured ; bill dark greyish black, lighter at the 
base and on the under mandible : bare skin below the eves 
with a greenish tint, yellowish from eye to nostril ; legs black, 
with a faint vinaceous tint on the back of the tarsus. 
[The Great Black-headed Heron was fairly common and 
generally solitary in its habits. The stomach of No. 254 
contained two rats, remains of coleoptera, and a parasitic 
worm.— B. M. H.] 
153. *Ardea cinerea. 
Ardea cinerea Linn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 
p. 74 (1898) ; Witherby, p. 272. 
[The Common Heron was plentiful along the khors. — 
B. M. H.] 
