With Flashlight and Rifle ^^ 



Anatidae 



9. Xjroca cdjyciisis ([Cuv.] Less.) Mcrker Lakes near Meru 

 Mountain, XL This beautiful divint,'^-bird is not often found on 

 the lakes in the Masai countn'. Fully thrown young birds I 

 found in July. 



10. Spatula clypeata (L.). The Masai country, Eastern Njiri 

 swamps, XII. 



Of the European shoveller, I ha\'e seen and shot only three 

 specimens on the Eastern Njiri swamps. 



11. Anas cry throrJiynchaQTa. Njiri, II., VI. ; Merker Lakes, X. 

 Fully grown }'oung birds were to be met with frequently on the 



Xjiri swamps in June and July. 



12. Anas punctata Burch. Merker Lakes, XI. ; Njiri, II., VI. 



13. Dendi-ocygna vidnata (L.). Western Njiri, II. ; Lake Natron, 

 X. ; \'ictoria Nyanza, X. 



Comparatively seldom found in the Masai district. 



14. Ncttopns anritus (Bodd.). Western Njiri, VII. 

 These also I have had few opportunities of observing. 



15. Sarcidiornis niclanotns ("Penn.j. Victoria Nyanza, XL 



16. C/icna/opcx aegyptiacns (\^.). Central Pangani, IV. Duncn- 

 jungc. 



To be met with all o\er the Masai district on lakes and rivers 

 of all sizes. Their warning cries, a sort of quack or gabble, draw 

 attention to them, whether they are up on the drier branches of 

 trees or on the wing. On August 27th, 1899, I found a pair 

 of Egyptian geese near the Pangani River with young ones about 

 a fortnight old. The goose allowed me to get within about fifteen 

 paces of her before she flew away. They are very frequently to be 

 met with on meadows adjoining the river, and they are not very 

 timid. In the middle of July I came upon unfledged young birds. 



17. Plcitruptci-ns ganibctisis {y..). Pangani River, III. 



Great flocks of them in March 1903, halfw a}' up the Rufu River, 

 near the Lafitti Hills. To the south of Kilimanjaro, on small 

 pools on the velt in September. Infrequently on the Njiri 

 swamps. Often fly away out of the swamps in the evening to 

 the grassy plains :///- ds2tng. 



