-^ To Kilimanjaro with Prince Lowenstein 



head above the eyes, i metre 6 centimetres ; circumference 

 of the projections at their bases, 25 centimetres, up above, 

 22 centimetres. Weight of head, with about ;^o centi- 

 metres ot neck attached, 40 kilos. 



During the next tew days we made several excursions 

 on the velt, in the course of which I got some guinea- 

 fowl and a corncrake (Cre.v crex), so well known in 



STORKS TAKING TO FLIGHT 



our meadows at home, and also came upon a great 

 number ot giraffe-tracks. 



Upon the little island in the river were to be found 

 the nests of mire-drums {^Biibulciis ibis) and ot herons 

 of other kinds, whose eggs I was able to get. Here 

 also were still larger colonies of my weaver- bird [P/occns 

 Si/ii/Ziiigsi). A golden cuckoo [C/irysocoayx citpreus), had 

 chosen the nest of one of these birds for liatching her 



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