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the majority of the previously mentioned forest -birds up here. 

 Already at an height of about 8.400 feet one meets with small 

 mountain meadows, in which, among other birds, Anihus rufulus 

 raalteni is not rare. On this altitude I even found a rufous 

 form of Caprimulgus natalensis, which for the present I place 

 under C. c. chadensis. Here too Amydrus morio riippelU occurred 

 in large flocks. As far as the dense, continuous forests follow 

 the slopes Columha arquairix, Tiiracus hartlauhi medius, Dio- 

 ptrornis fischeri, Cinnyris reichenowi, FoeocepJialus gulielmi nias- 

 saicus, Cossypha ca/fra iolaema, Coracina caesia pura, Turdus 

 decJceni elgonensis, Indicator variegatus, occur in great numbers, 

 and Irrisor bollei jacksoni appeared in large flocks, numbering 

 as many as 20 individuals. 



From an altitude of 8.500 feet one encounters numerous 

 mountain streams, which sometimes plunge down abrupt preci- 

 pices, the waters of which are beaten into fine, white foam before 

 they reach the bottom. The ground -vegetation now begin to 

 assume another character, pulpy, thick-leafed species of Semper- 

 vivum and Sedum becoming more and more abundant. With 

 reference to the frequenc occurrence of water-courses I may cite 

 Jackson's words (The Uganda protectorate, vol. 1, p. 60): 

 "With the aid of these cascades Elgon might (in addition to its 

 fertile soil, paucity of native inhabitants, and absolutely healthy 

 climate) some day become the seat of a most powerful commu- 

 nity of Europeans, who would be able here to generate electri- 

 city which could subserve half East Africa." 



The higher one ascended, the thinner the forest became 

 and the sub - vegetation denser and taller. At an elevation of 

 9.000 feet some Serinus flavivertex flavivertex were shot out of 

 a large flock, while Serinus striolatus ugandae was here a very 

 common bird, frequenting the bushes. A specimen of Buteo 

 augur was also found on these wooded slopes and I saw this 

 Augur Buzzard right up to 12.000 feet. Further, in this zone 

 Apalis porphyrolaema^ Tarsiger orientalis elgonensis, Sradypterus 

 cinnamomeus and Zosterops virens jacksoni occurred, the last- 

 named was even found in the low Erica bushes at an altitude 

 of over 12.000 feet. 



Before one reached the extreme outposts of the forest on 

 the summit, that is to say about 9.500 feet, the mountain meadows 

 commenced to get larger and more numerous and the gradually 

 thinning forest was interspersed here and there with larger or 

 smaller clumps of bamboo. These did not, however, form a con- 

 tinuous zone or region, though at times they appeared to do so, 

 but consisted mostly of isolated patches of powerful and dense 

 bamboo-trees, pressed in between the highest areas of the forest. 

 The temperature up here at 10 o' clock on the night of 27th June 

 was 49^ F. — The bird -life of the bamboos was rather poor. 

 In between the fallen canes, which with numerous entangling- 



