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dence. The Abba Gumba, as well as many of the other birds found inAbyssinia, also frequents the opposite coast of the continent; and sometolerably fine specimens of it are to be seen in Mr. Bullock’s Museum,which were brought from Senegal . A large and handsome species ofbustard, which I shot on the coast of Abyssinia, the skin of which I after-wards brought to England, appears likewise to be the same as that foundin the neighbourhood of the river Gambia .
The Egyptian goose, and a species of duck, allied to the Anas Lybica, areoccasionally met with,* and several other species of water fowl ; the mostcommon of which is the Derho-mai, literally water-fowl, a species ofbittern, of which a drawing is to be found in Dapper’s Description desIsles de I’Archipel. Guinea fowls, red-legged partridges, quails, snipes,lapwings, larks, and doves, abound throughout the whole country. Thenatives are so expert in the use of the matchlock, that they constantly killthe two former birds with a single ball ; so that during our whole stay inthe country, we were constantly supplied with them, as well as with dif-ferent kinds of venison ; the Ras always sending me a share of those whichwere brought in by his followers.
In the course of my last journey I made a collection of the rarer birdsfound in the counti’y, which I was fortunate enough to bring safe to En-gland. These I submitted to the inspection of Dr. Latham on my arrival,who obligingly favoured me with his remarks upon them. I subse-quently presented them to Lord Stanley, who has since taken great painsin setting them up. At my request, he has been kind enough also to drawup a description of some of the more rare, which, together with Dr.Latham’s valuable remarks, I shall here present to the public, as both willbe found far superior to any account which my limited knowledge on thesnbject would permit me to offer to the public.
* Another species of duck killed at Abha: upper mandible of beak light grey, edgedwith red; top of head brownish grey; hides yellow; body speckled, somewhat like thatof a guinea-fowl, whiter on the lower parts, and yellower on the back : scapular feathersdark umber-brown ; round the eye and upper part of neck rusty iron colour ; legs brightre d ; wings twelve long black feathers, twelve glossy blue, and four hinder ones of yel-owish brown ; secondary feathers black; tertials seventeen white, with a black stripeacross them ; rump and upper part of body black : under part yellowish.