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Horváth, L. ; Nagy, A.: The scientific results of Hungarian zoological expeditions to Tanganyika. 9. Birds

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Tomus 59. PARS ZOOLOGICA 1967. The Scientific Results of Hungarian Zoological Expeditions to Tanganyika. 9. Birds By L. HORVÁTH, Budapest and A. NAGY, Árusba, Tanzania Dr. J. SZTJNYOGHY, mammalologist of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, brought home also a great number of birds among his zoological collections obtained during his stay for a year in Tanganyika. The majority of the 800 bird skins, a round 750, is a present, of the junior author, the Hungarian A. NAGY residing in Tanganyika, collected in the years 1960—61. The remaining 50 specimens had been collected by Dr. J. SZTJNYOGHY in 1965. The birds originate from a relatively circumscribed area ; half of them deriving from the environment of the Mt. Meru, whereas the other half was gathered around the locality Usa River, about 20 km to the east. Essentially therefore the entire material comes from the 20 km area of the town Arusha. This circumstance makes it possible to waive the reiterated listing of detailed collecting localities in the discussion of the species. The material, acquired by the Hungarian Natural History Museum largely as a present and, in a smaller amount, as the collecting of one of its scientific officers, comprises 797 specimens, representing 133 species. In its evaluation, we follow the systematical order of the book (listed in the References) by MACKWORTH-PRAED, and GRANT. The majority of the species belongs to the Passeriformes (103 species), while the other birds (30 species) represent quite diverse orders. In the enumeration of the species, the number following the scientific name indicates the amount of collected specimens ; subsequent to that the values, as to the distribution of sex, are given in brackets. Short notes refer to distributional or density data, wherever they were deemed informative with reference to the locality. Fara. Falconidae 1. Buteo rufofuscus augur RÜPP. 1 (unsex) A frequent raptor of an immense range. Fam. Rallidae 2. Limnocorax flavirostra SWAINS. 3 (1 çf 2 9) Except for the Sahara, inhabiting the entire continent; occuring in masses. Fam. Scolopacidae 3. Tringa ocrophus L. 1 ( 9 ) A European nesting bird, frequent in East Africa during the winter.