- aa — 



At the foot of Elgon — at an elevation of 6.800 ft — I saw 

 this species later on in the pools and mountain rivers found 

 there, but only two or three of them together. 



The female, which was shot, had rather well developed eggs 

 in the ovary and was about to commence laying. 



Wing 250 mm, tarsus 41 mm. 



Irides cinnamon brown; bill lead-coloured with the middle 

 part and nail black, the tip and base yellowish red; legs greyish 

 green (the under side of the toes yellow), web black. 



Alopochen aegyptiacus (L.). — Rchw. I. p. 131. 



Alopochen aegyptiacus. — Grant: Ibis, 3915, p. 73. — Sclater-Mackworth Pread : 

 Ibis 1920, p. 788. 



Atudo . . . ki-kavirondo. — Bata . . . ki-kamba. 

 2 QQ ad. 23. 8. Kendu. 



Both specimens were shot at Kendu on the Gulf of Kavi- 

 rondo, where this goose is rather common. In flocks of from 

 10 to 15 in number they used to settle on the muddy shores of 

 the gulf and, in company with Thresh, aethiopica, flocks of Buhulcus 

 and other waders search for small animals in the mud. 



The birds in this district are very shy and difficult to ap- 

 proach witbin range, as they are eagerly hunted by the neigh- 

 bouring Kavirondo Negroes, who, from what Okoth, the chief, 

 told me, consider them to be ''■nyama mzuri Sana" (= very 

 good meat). 



Both specimens are in full dress. One has a large dark- 

 brown breast- patch and almost white undertail coverts (some 

 with a pale-yellow tint). 



Wing 360, 370 mm, tarsus 70, 74 mm. 



Irides yellowish brown; bill horn-grey with black nail; legs 

 pale flesh-coloured. 



Charadriidae. 



Glareola ocularis Verr. — Rchw. I. p. 147. 



Odogo . . . ki-kavirondo. 

 1 (5 21. 8., 1 Q 22. 8. Kendu. 



Occurred in large flocks, from 50 to 100 in number, along 

 the shores of the Gulf of Kavirondo, most often frequenting the 

 small, often reed-covered, islands out in the water. 



Their flight is rapid but unsteady. In the company of 

 Hydrochelidon I. leucopiera they flew, now up now down, in 

 daring sudden turns and when a shot was fired they did not 

 alight but flew in wide circles around the visitor. 



Both specimens are in full dress and the male has the fore- 

 neck greyish -brown, the throat muddy yellowish brown. The 

 upper part of the belly, and the flanks, are bright rust- coloured. 



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