with Flashlight and Rifle -^ 



I found thicknees mating and breeding on the Rufu River at 

 the end of Februar\-. Towards evening they Hcvv over the waters, 

 giving out tlieir clear, recurring notes. 



Dromadidae 



31. Di-oiiias ai-dcola ( Payk ;. Sadani, Bagamoyo, the Coast, 

 IV., VI. 



I often found drab-plover together with different kinds of herons 

 on the coast. 



Scolopacidse 



32. Rctiirvirnsti-iX ai'occtta, L. Xjiri, V., VI. ; N'ounger ones on 

 the ^lerkcr Lakes, XI. 



Avocets, now rarely seen breeding on the Gern:ian seaboard, 

 I found nesting in large numbers in June 1903 on the Western 

 Njiri marshes. I found them also often on the salt and alkaline 

 swamps all round, Their movements are very curious and interesting 

 when their nests or }'oung arc in danger. They fly hither and 

 thither with incessant clear cries, now plunging into the shallow 

 water, now bending down o\er the surface and darting from one 

 island of reeds to another ; then going out into the deeper water, 

 then rising again into the air. The way their legs hang down is 

 very peculiar. 



I}). Hun(X)ttopits Jiimautopns ( L.). Yumbe \"a Mawe, IV. ; 

 Merker Lakes, XI. 



The black-winged stilt I had many opportunities of watching. 

 I saw three specimens in Jnl\' on the coast between Bagamoyo 

 and Pangani. I saw numbers in October on the Natron Lake and 

 Victoria X\anza, in Xovember on the Merker Lakes, and in January 

 on Nakura Lake and on the Elmentaita and Nayasha Lakes. 



34. Pavoncella pHgnax {\^.~). Merker Lakes, XI. 



35. Totaiius littorciis (L.). Yumbe ya Mawe, IX. ; Xguaso 

 Nyiro, X. 



},(:). Totaiius ochropus fL.). Upper Pangani, V. ; Merker Lakes, 

 XI. 



'^'J. Totaiius p;larcola (L.). The Masai country. 



