440 ZOOLOGY. 



Family PODICIPID^. 



282. Podiceps cristatus, L. 



HeugL Syst. Uebers. No. 706. 



Iris Indian red ; beak dusky reddish brown ; legs and 

 feet dusky olive ; dirty yeUow on the webs, and on the 

 upper part of the tarsus. 



The Crested Grebe is extremely abundant on Lake 

 Ashangi, where it is doubtless a permanent resident. 



283. P. auritus, L. 



Heugl. Syst. Uebers. No. 708. 



Not very common on Lake Ashangi. It is curious 

 that the people in the neighbourhood persist in declariag 

 that there are no fish in this lake, yet it abounds in fish- 

 eating birds. I saw shoals of small fish, but had no 

 means of catching them ; and I have little doubt that 

 larger kinds also occur, for I found tracks of Otters along 

 the shore, and several were seen by a friend. 



284. P. minor, Lath. 



Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 502. 



Not abundant on Lake Ashangi. I also saw it once on 

 a pool ; and one species, perhaps the same, occurred on 

 the coast at Zulla. 



Family LAEED^. 



285. Larus fuscus, L. 



Common at Zulla. The wing is a little longer, about 

 an inch, and the bill a trifle smaller, than in most 

 European specimens, but there appears to be no constant 

 distinction. 



