HAGEDASHIA HAGEDASH. 



HADADA IBIS. 



(Plate 65.) 



Tantalus hagedash, Latham, Ind. Orn., n, p. 709 (1790). 



Hagedashia hagedash, Sharpe's ed. Layard Birds of S. Air., p. 739 

 (1875-84) ; Sharpe. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxvi, p. 19 (1898) ; 

 Woodward, Natal Birds, p. 191 (]899); Sclater, Ann. S. Afr. 

 Mus., m, p. 351 (1905) ; Sclater & Stark, Birds of S. Afr., iv, 

 p. 100 (1906). 



Theristicus hagedash, Reichenow, Vogel Afrikas, i, p. 325 (1900-01). 



Local Name. " Ingagane " (i.e. Black Ibis) of the Amaxosa 

 (Stamford). 



Description. The bird figured is an adult female. The sexes are 

 alike, and measure about 30 in. 



Distribution. The Hadada is found throughout the whole of the 

 Ethiopian region, from Senegal, Kordofan, and SomaUland 

 southwards to Cape Colony. In South Africa the bird is appar- 

 ently confined to the well-wooded and watered districts of the 

 south and east coasts, and does not occur on the high plateau of 

 the centre of the country, nor did Anderson come across it in 

 German South-west Africa, although he met it in the Lake Ngami 

 region. 



The Hadada is not really a Game-bird in the strict sense of 

 the word, but it is most excellent-eating, and is always a 

 welcome addition to the bag. 



Nearly all my time in South Africa was spent on the " High 

 Veldt," so that I was not within the range of the Hadada, 



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