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o^andiana ; Accipitcr nisus (the European sparrow-hawk), 

 wliich had not hitherto been found south of Kordofan ; 

 Irrisor sciicoa/cnsis soiiia/iensis; A pits (cqnatona/is\ Ani/ius 

 ca//cr, hitherto unknown outside South Africa; Anthoscopus 

 iiiuscii/iL< ; antl others. Yet other species, such as Pants 

 fi'iiigillinits and Calaiidrclla athciisis, were hitherto known 

 in only one or but a few variations. Of i^Teat scientific 

 value also are series of birds ot many kinds, notably 

 several francolins and ducks and o-eese. 



Struthionidae 



I. Stnithio inasaiciis, Ncum. The Masai velt. Kebaj'a 

 Masai, IV. ; ol Donje I'Engai, X. ; Kitumbin, X. ; Njiri, V. 



Often observed on the vclt. In August, i8 }'oung ones, 

 but full grown, in a flock on the left bank of the Pangani, by 

 the Masimani Mountains ; in March, a flock of 64 old birds, 

 •of which 12 were hens. Throughout the )'ear single cocks were 

 noted, and some pairs, as well sometimes as one cock with two 

 hens ; or two cocks with two hens were found together, as well 

 as larger flocks numbering up to 15. Nests with 8, 12, 17, and 

 up to 25 eggs were found in September and October. By day 

 the hens seem to brood, the cock sometimes being found not 

 far from the nest. I found j'oung birds only just out of their shells 

 in November (Ngaptukberg) ; others some days old in October 

 and November. Once in .September I found 22 ostriches together, 

 both sexes mixed, on the Ngaruka \elt. Other places where 

 I found them were Buiko, near Pangani, Arusha Chini, Meru 

 Mountain, Ngaruka, Kitumbin Volcano, GeleY Volcano, Matiom 

 Plains, Lake Nakuro, Ukambani, Lake Naiwasha (to the east of 

 it;, LH^amba, and Mto Simba, between Kibwesi and Taveta. At 

 the end of February a perfected egg ready for laying in other- 

 wise inacti\e ovar}' — the result of copious feeding on freshly 

 sprouting grass. Twice observed bathing in pools. Troubled by 

 lice {^Hippobosca str/it/iioi/is, Olf.) ? 



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