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remarkable in size in a game-cock, but the primaries and 

 secondaries of the wings appear also to be permanent!}' 

 enlarged ont of all proportion to the body, in order to 

 assist in snpporting this enormous tail. When these 

 birds are flying they seem to be almost supported, as by a 

 parachute, on the outspread tail feathers, and to float on 

 these expanded plumes. When the bird is in full flight, 

 yet slackening pace with a view to perching, the tail 

 feathers curl forward and diverge in a most shapeh' 

 manner. 



" Another common finch is Pyroinelana flannniceps 

 (Crimson -crowned Weaver). In the spring months, in 

 that part of Uganda North of the Equator (and perhaps 

 again in the Autumn) the males of the Bishop finches 

 blaze out into gorgeous red and yellow body plumage. 

 The males appear to be followed by five or six females. 



"There are few districts in Uganda without the 

 beautiful Gloss}' Starlings, but these birds appear more 

 than usually abundant round about Lake Baringo. 

 There is the usual abundance of Bulbuls, Warblers, and 

 Thrushes, and I am weary of contradicting the foolish 

 old doctrine that, in the tropics, birds do not sing. 



"The Crimson - crowned Barbet is common in the 

 wooded regions, and Hone\' Guides also. A ver}' hand- 

 some purple and white Cuckoo, and Mouse-birds, play 

 in every thicket. 



"Amongst the most beautiful and remarkable of 

 birds is the Great Blue Plaintain Eater (Covythcrala 

 cristata). It is a remarkable fact that all the species 

 are found in Uganda, which cannot be said of any other 

 part of Africa. 



"The Hornbills are well represented: the smaller 

 kind, with black, white, and brown plumage and black 

 and red beaks, are very common in the east and central 

 parts of the Protectorate. 



"Amongst the Parrots there is the Grey Parrot of 

 West Africa. The range of this bird would appear to be 



