598 On Birds from, the Rno and S/j/rr Rivers. 



95. ViNAGo DELALANJDii (Bp.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1895, p. 547 

 Rare. Two or three 

 to the west of the Shire 



Rare. Two or three birds were brought me from the hills 



96. Chalcopelia afra (Linn.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1897, p. 548. 

 Common. Feeds round tlie outside of the bush. Very 



quick on the wing. 



97. Tympanistria tympanistria (Temm.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1897, p. 548. 



Hare, or at least very rarely seen, keeping to the thickest 

 bush. 



98. Francolinus kirki Hartl. ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxii. p. 149 (1893). 



Not uncommon — two or three nests found. The eggs of 

 this bird are remarkably thick-shelled. 



99. NuMiDA coRONATA Gray ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxii. p. 376 (1893). 



Common on the banks of all the rivers. These birds 

 always roost in the same trees, so that once the place is 

 found one may be sure of getting them by waiting there 

 at night. On one occasion I was called out early in the 

 morning by my boys to shoot '^ Kanga,^' and was taken about 

 a mile to a dusty patch near the path, and there I saw quite 

 fifty birds sunning themselves. I managed to creep over 

 a bank not twenty yards from them and secure all that I 

 required. 



During the heat of the day these Guinea-fowls may often 

 be seen near the water, but are then very difficult to 

 approach. 



100. TuRNix NANA (Sundcv.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1897, p. 552. 

 Common in old native gardens. 



101. Rhynchops FLAViROSTRis Vieill.; Shelley, Ibis, 1893, 

 p. 29. 



These strange birds are fairly common on the upper waters 

 of the Shire, particularly between Maquera's and Katunga^s. 

 In my field-notes (Sept. 1898, Maquera's), I find— "The 



