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Show 1881.] BIRDS FROM EASTERN AFRICA. 599 172. D R O M A S ARDEOLA. Dromas ardeola, Paykull, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 627. Dar-es-Salaam. It ranges throughout the whole of the East-African coast from Natal to Massuah on the Red Sea, and also inhabits Madagascar and the Seychelles Islands. 173. ARDEA MELANOCEPHALA. Ardea melanocephala, Vig., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 680; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 284,295, 297; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 128. Usambara hills. It inhabits the entire Ethiopian region south of 14° N. lat. 174. HERODIAS INTERMEDIA (Wagl.). Ardea intermedia, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 686. 1 Ardea alba, Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 295, 295. Usambara hills. It inhabits Africa south of 15° N. lat. To the north, at least along the shores of the Mediterranean, it is, I believe, entirely replaced by the larger form H. alba (Linn.). 175. HERODIAS GARZETTA. Ardea garzetta (Linn.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 687 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 295, 297. Usambara hills. This species ranges throughout the entire Ethiopian region. 176. BUBULCUS IBIS (Linn.). Ardea bubulcus, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 694. Bubulcus iBis, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 245. Usambara hills. It inhabits the entire Ethiopian region. 177. ARDETTA STURMI. Ardea sturmi, Wagl., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 704. Pangani. It inhabits the entire Ethiopian Region south of about 15° N. lat., but is here recorded for the first time from the Zanzibar province. 178. ARDETTA MINUTA (Linn.). Ardea minuta, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 705. Ardea podiceps, Finsch & Hartl. torn. cit. p. 708. Ardettapusilla, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 245. Botaurus minutus, Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 249. Botaurus pusillus, Fischer & Reichenow, loc. cit. I Tave given above references to both Ardetta minuta (Linn.) and A. pusilla (Vieill.), as they are so closely allied that I consider |