With Flashlight and Rifle ^ 



(02. Cot/ir///x <it'/(\L^oixi/ci, Dcleg. Njiri II., \'I. 



This quail is foiiiul in June near the sea-coast and is particularly 

 common between the Faui^ani and Sadaani Ri\"ers, a few miles 

 inland. The natives of Satiko have the birds on sale in little 

 cages, made of reeds, with small shells as receptacles for water. 



Vulturidse 



103. Otogyps au7-icHlan's {D^wd.}. Donje Erok, \"II. 



In the year 1897 I was able to establish the fact for the first 

 time thiat this large vulture is to be found in the Masai country. 

 One or more specimens may be noticed among large gatherings 

 of other vultures. 



104. Lopliogyps occipitalis (Burch). Donje Erok, VIII., IX.; 

 Njiri, VII. 



105.* Pscndogyps africauus schilliugsi, Eil. Donje Erok, VIII., 

 IX.; Njiri, VII. 



This vulture was discovered b}' m}"self. My late and lamented 

 friend Baron Carlo von Erlanger described and named this 

 species. I collected about ten specimens in the westerly ranges of 

 Kilimanjaro, but I am sorry to say 1 lost all of them in a 

 consignment sent to Europe, which went astray. This species 

 mates at the beginning of Ma}' ; its eyries are to be found in 

 the top branches of high acacia-trees. I secured some \'oung 

 ones, nearly fully Hedged at the end of August. I also 

 collected an egg, which presumabl\- belongs to this species, 

 in the westerly swamps of the Njiri. This egg is of a whitish 

 colour, top and bottom are blunted ; its size size is 87 x 65 mm. 



106. Gyps riippc/Ii,\^Y>. Njiri, \ I 



Riippell's vulture is trcquenth' met with in the Njiri district. 

 Very old birds ma\- be distinguished b\- their light plumage, 

 as Carlo von Erlanger states. 



107. ?\ cophroii iiioiiaclnis. Tern. Njiri, W 



This carrion vulture is met everywhere in these regions, 

 and feeds on human excrement. It appears in the early dawn, 



* The species marked by an asterisk were discovered by the author. 



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