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Show 512 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, (1873); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 229 (1884), vi. p. (1888) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 542 ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost- Afr. p. 61, fig. 32 (1894). «. 2 ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 25, 1894. Iris dark brown ; eyelids, bill, and feet black. Heuglin records this species as occurring along the coast of the Red Sea up to 18° N. lat,, throughout the whole of Abyssinia south from the Adel Mountains to Shoa. In the interior of Abyssinia it reaches an elevation of 10,000 feet, and is even more plentiful on the western slope of the Ethiopian highlands, towards Barka, on the Setit and the other tributaries of the Atbara, near Qalabat, the sources of* the Dender and Rahad in Fazogl, Southern Kordofan, and on the torrents which flow into the Sobat, Kir, Gazelle, Djur, and Kosanga rivers. In September Antinori procured a specimen in Shoa, and Dr. Ragazzi did the same in October aud February. Mr. Jackson met with the species at Machako's in March ; and Dr. Reichenow gives the following localities in German East Africa:-Pangani River, Usambara, Bagamoyo, Ugalla, on the Victoria Nyanza (breeding in December), Tabora, Aruscha, Ukamba, Mgera, Ugogo. Suborder PIATAIEA 158. IBIS EETHIOPICA. Ibis eethiopica (Lath.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. pt. 1, p. 1135 (1873: C.&S. Nubia; Taka); Oust, t. c. p. 11 (1886); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 230 (1884), vi. p. 316 (1888) ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 56, fig. 27 (1894) ; Sharpe, Cat, B Brit. Mus. xxvi. p. 4. A, b. d 2 ad. Bainhou, Jan. 10, 1894. Iris brown. Heuglin states that the Sacred Ibis is a migrant in Central and Southern Nubia, Takah, Senar, and Kordofan, returning during the summer rainy season. He noticed it in Southern Senar in May, near Khartoum at the beginning of July, near Berber, and in Dongola a little later. In January and February he found large flocks on the Tana Lake and near the mouth of the Sobat. In August and September it was in pairs in the Dahlak Arcbi-pelego. The Italian traveller Antinori met with the species in Shoa at Lake Cialalaka in April, and Dr. Ragazzi in the same place in February, as well as at Antoto in December. Mr. Jackson does not seem to have come across the species, but, according to Dr. Reichenow, it has been found at the following places in German East Africa :-Bagamoyo, Wualaba, Ussambara, on the Meru Mountains, at Sigirari, and on the Victoria Nyanza. 159. HAGEDASHIA HAGEDASH. Ibis hagedash (Lath.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. p. 1141 (1873); Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 415 ; Oust. *fc. c. p. 11 (1886); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 542. |