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Show 600 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY O N [May 3, their specific separation unnecessary. The two specimens sent me by Dr. Kirk from Pangani I should refer to the true A. minuta. Both forms, according to Dr. Fischer, occur on the island of Zanzibar. Collectively they range throughout the Ethiopian Region. 179. SCOPUS UMBRETTA. Scopus umbretta, Gm., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 727; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 245 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 249; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 295 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 284, 296, 297, 301 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 339. Usambara hills. This species ranges throughout the Ethiopian region south of about 15° N. lat. 180. IBIS ^ETHIOPICA. Lbis a?thiopica (Lath.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 733 ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 248 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 295 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 295, 296. Usambara hills. I may here mention that I have recently received from M. Filip-poni an Egyptian specimen shot on Lake Mensala, in the Delta; so that this species is now known to range in Africa from the mouth of the Nile to the Cape of Good Hope, and on the west coast as far north as the Senegal river. 181. GERONTICUS HAGEDASH. Lbis hagedash (Lath.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 735 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 295, 296. IBis caffrensis, Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 248. Usambara hills. It ranges throughout Africa south of the line, and northward in Western Africa to the river Gambia. 182. TOTANUS CANESCENS. Totanus canescens (Gm.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 745. Usambara mountains. It ranges throughout the whole of Africa. 183. CALIDRIS ARENARIA. Calidris arenaria (Linn.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 767. Lamo. It inhabits the entire Ethiopian Region. 184. RHYNCH^EA CAPENSIS. Rhyncha?a capensis (Linn.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 774. Lamo. _ Although here recorded for the first time from the Zanzibar region, it ranges throughout the whole of Africa and Madagascar. |