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Mr. S. A. Neave on the Birds of 
Bill orange yellow; feet and legs black ; iris pale yellow; 
skin around eye greenish yellow. 
This bird measured in the flesh: length 41*5 inches, 
wing 14T, culmen 5T, tarsus 5*9. 
I found this large Egret very shy. It is usually solitary. 
64. Nycticorax nycticorax. 
Nycticorax nycticorax (L.) ; Reich. loc. cit. vol. i. p. 362. 
No. 816. ? . Mansya R., L. Young, 4500 ft., Nov. 2, 
1908. 
Bill—upper mandible blackish, base and edges yellow, 
lower mandible greenish yellow, tipped with black; feet 
bright yellow; iris carmine ; orbit greenish yellow. 
Nos. 822, 823. <$ ? . Mansya R., Nov. 4, 1908. 
Bill black, base yellow; feet bright yellow; iris carmine ; 
orbit yellow. 
I met with a large colony of these birds on the shores of 
Lake Young, but did not observe them elsewhere. 
65. Nycticorax leuconotus. 
Nycticorax leuconotus (Wagl.) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 19. 
I never met with any other example than that recorded 
in the paper cited. 
66. Butorides atricapilla. 
Butorides atricapilla (Afzel.) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 19. 
This bird is very common on the banks of the Luangwa 
River. I did not observe it anywhere on the High Plateau. 
67. Erythrocnus rufiventris. 
Erythrocnus rufiventris (Sundev.); Neave, loc. cit. p. 20. 
No. 498. S • Chambezi Valley, 4000 ft., April 16, 1908. 
Bill—the proximal half flesh-coloured, the distal black; 
feet pinkish flesh-coloured, claws horn-coloured ; iris deep 
yellow; orbit yellowish. 
Nos. 775, 776. ? ? . E. of L. Bangweolo, 4000 ft., 
Oct. 15, 1908. 
(775) Bill dusky, lower mandible, the basal two-thirds 
yellow, base of both mandibles and around eye greenish 
