58G On Birds observed near Mac/ntko^s Station. 



G3. Gallinago major (Gm.) ; Sliarpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 545. 

 No. 86, c? • Machako's, Nov. 9, 1896. 



Comes liere iu large numbers during the raius at the end 

 of October and April. 



64. Gallina GONiGKiPENNis Bp. ; Sliarpe, Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 545. 



No. 54, ? . Kikuyu, July 23, 1896. 



Common. It has the same note as the preceding species. 



65. IlosTKATULA CAPENsis (Liun.) ; Sharpe, Cat B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxiv. p. 683 (1896). 



No. 53, S ' Kikuyu, July 23, 1896.— Found among five 



brace of Common Snipe shot the same day. 

 Nos. 117, 118, c? ? . Machako's, April 28, 1897. 



A rare visitor. Among a hundred and odd brace of Snipe 

 shot there Avere only one and a half brace of the Painted 

 Snipe. 



66. Tachybaptes capensis Salvad. Ann. Mus. Geuov. (2) 

 i. p. 252 (1884). 



No. 40, c?- Machako's, May 4, 1896. 

 No. 40, cS- „ Sept. 14, 1896. 



Common. Breeds in Machako's and the Kikuyu districts. 



67. LiMNOcoRAX NiGEK (Gm,); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiii. p. 150 (1894). 



Limnocorax flavirostris (Sw.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 546. 

 No. 31, S . Machako's, May 10, 1896. 



Very common and breeds on the banks of all the streams 

 in British East Afnca. 



68. ViNAGO CALVA (Tcmm. & Knip) ; Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xxi. p. 20 (1893). 



Treron calva Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 548. 

 No. 92, S- Machako's, Oct. 3, 1896. 



Common wherever there are a few trees from Mombasa 

 Island inland. This bird never feeds on the ground, and I 

 should think it doubtful whether it ever alights there. 



