— 47 -=- 



Total length wing culmen tarsus tail 



380 mm. 210 mm. 59 mm. 58 mm. 52 mm. 



Irides citron-coloured; bill dark-brown and green at the 

 base; legs dark greyish green. 



Bubulcus ibis (L.). — Rchw. I. p. 381. 



Ardeola ibis L. — Sclater and Mackworth-Pread : Ibis 1920, p. 791. 



Okogeratjar . . . ki-kavirondo. — Kanyange . . . ki-kamba. 



1 (5 ad. 25. 8. Kisumu. — 1 ^ juv. 22. 8. Kendu. - 1 Q juv. 18. 8. 



Kisumu. — 1 Q ad. 23. 8. Kendu. 



Everywhere on the shores of the Gulf of Kavirondo this 

 Heron was very common. A 9 Jiiv-» shot at Kisumu on the 18th 

 August, has an entirely white dress, except a few elongated crest- 

 feathers, which are pale rusty yellow. 



Total length wing tarsus culmen tail 



430 mm. 250 mm. 75 mm. 57 mm. 78 mm. 



What distinguishes this individual from the other three, 

 however, is the colour of the legs, for, in this case the tarsi 

 and toes are black, but the lower part of the tibia is saffron- 

 yellow. 



The other three specimens were shot in Kendu on the Gulf 

 of Kavirondo and all of them have the tarsi yellowish grey, the 

 toes, however are of a darker grey, almost blackish colour. 

 Two of them have the elongated brownish feathers of the occi- 

 put well developed. 



In the mornings I saw these herons by the hundreds sit- 

 ting in the tops of tall trees far from the water. Stomachs 

 contained only locusts. 



Irides citron-yellow; bill yellow; legs greyish-yellow (black). 



Columbidae. * 



Vinago calva salvadorii Dubois. — Rchw. I. p. 396. 



Juyu . . . ki-kikamba. 



1 6 ad. 9. 5. Londiani. — 5 (5(5 ad. 16. 5.-26. 7., 1 (J juv. ad. 30. 5. 



Mount Elgon. — 1 g ad. 9. 5. Londiani. — 1 2 ad. 15. 5. Soy. 



This dove was met with at various places: Eldoret, Soy 

 and the eastern slopes of Mount Elgon at an elevation of 6,500 

 and 8,000 feet above sea -level. One specimen was shot in the 

 arboreal vegetation bordering the banks of a little brook — in 

 the vicinity of Elgon — flowing through the acacia steppe. 



Two of the specimens, from the 15th and 26th May in the 

 neighbourhood of Mount Elgon, had only a slight tint of the 

 grey band on the back and the colour of the legs was a dirty 

 red, whereas, on the other hand, in all the others it was a 

 beautiful coral-red. 



