from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 325 
a. $ •* Lake Harrar Meyer,, Abyssinia, 2 January, 1899. 
(No. 85.) 
Iris light hazel; bill and legs dark slate-colour. 
251. Fuligula fuligula. 
Fuligula fuligula (Linn.); Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. 
p. 363 (1895). 
a. A (obviously adult $ ). Lake Harrar Meyer, Abys¬ 
sinia, 2 January, 1899. (No. 87.) 
b. A • Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 2 January, 1899. 
(No. 88.) 
Iris yellow; bill and legs dark slate-colour. 
[These Ducks were common on Lakes Harrar Meyer and 
Chercher, but not seen on the rivers and small hill-lochs of 
the higher Abyssinian plateaux.—L.] 
252. Hagedashia hagedash. 
Hagedashia hagedash (Lath.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxvi. pp. 19, 265 (1898). 
a. ? . Mendi, Abyssinia, 4 April, 1899. (No. 475.) 
b. d • Famaka, Blue Nile, 8 May, 1899. (No. 501.) 
Iris in a, inner ring brown, outer white ; in b yellow ; 
hill black, ridge of culmen dark red; legs black, front of 
legs and toes dark red. 
253. Plegadis falcinellus. 
Plegadis falcinellus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxvi. p. 29 (1898). 
Head and legs only. 
254. Ardea melanocephala. 
Ardea melanocephala Vig. & Childr.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xxvi. pp. 70, 268 (1898). 
a. d • Lake Chercher, Abyssinia, 11 January, 1899. (No. 
161.) 
Iris yellow; upper mandible black, lower light; legs 
black. 
255. Bubulcus lucidus. 
Bubulcus lucidus (Rafin.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvi. 
pp. 213, 282 (1898). 
