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On Birds of Northern Rhodesia . [Ibis, 
from the flowers of a creeper; others were delicate pink or 
orange-yellow with their own blossom, and a species of 
Erythrina carried horse-chestnut shaped panicles of crimson 
that had opened before its leaf-buds had burst. The only 
incident that I recollect of ornithological interest was passing- 
some large flocks of, I believe, a third species of Crane ; 
they were feeding on damp flats not far from the Kafue, 
and I failed to get within effective rifle range. 
I have appended a list of the birdskins and birds preserved 
with formalin that we brought home with us, and which I 
have presented to the British Museum. This list was kindly 
prepared for me by Mr. Thomas Wells, to whom I return 
my grateful thanks. 
Among the birds only one appears to be new. This is 
Lyhius chaplini, named after Sir Drummond Chaplin, the 
Administrator of Southern Rhodesia. It is described in the 
Bull.B.O.C. (vol. xli. p. 50, Dec. 1920), and is figured 
(Plate VII.) together with what appear to be its two nearest 
allies, Lyhius leucocephalus (Fil.), from the Egyptian Sudan 
and Uganda, and L. ruhrifacies (Reichw.) also from Uganda. 
List of Birdskins and Birds preserved in formalin, brought 
hack from Northern Rhodesia and presented to the 
British Museum. 
Pternistes swainsoni. 
„ cranclii. 
Numida coronata mitrata. 
Pterocles gutturalis saturatior. 
V in ago wakefieldi schalowi. 
Chalcopelia c. caffra. 
Rhynchops flavirostris. 
Oclithodromus asiaticus. 
Actophilus africanus. 
Glareola pratincola fulleborni. 
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus. 
Cursorius temminckii. 
Otis melanogaster. 
Balearica regulorum. 
Ardea goliath. 
Nycticorax nycticorax. 
Erythrocnus rufiventris. 
Butorides atricapilla. 
Bubulcus ibis. 
Hagedasliia hagedash. 
Anastomus lamelligerus. 
Eph ippiorhyncus senegalensis. 
Plectropterus gambensis. 
Phalacrocorax africanus. 
Anhinga rufa. 
Neophron pileatus. 
Pseudogyps africanus. 
Melierax gabar. 
Astur badius polyzonoides. 
Helotarsus ecaudatus. 
Milvus migrans parasitus. 
Ealco dickinsoni. 
Scops capensis. 
Scotopelia peli. 
