-* Collection of Birds 



131. Ccrcltiieis //tv/ ;//<;?// /^/ (FIcisch.). Middle ranges of Pan- 

 gani, III. 



Strig-idae 



132. Bubo lactcns (Tern.). Yumbe ya Mawe, W . ; Njiri, VI. 



I have met with this eagle-owl not more more than ten times 

 during my travels. 



133. Pisor/itua capci/sis {A. Sm.). Pare mountains, III. 



I found this owl in the middle of leafy shrub. A crowd of 

 little birds molested it. When wounded it uttered a peculiar 

 snarling, growling kind of sound. 



134. Asia )iisiic//a (J^dLud.). Ngare Rongai, V. 



This long-eared owl was met with in the high grass of the velt. 

 I tried to shoot at it on different occasions, but found it very shy, 

 and it was only after repeated attempts that I secured a specimen. 



135. Ask) Iciicotis (Tcm.). Donje Erok, X., XL; ol Donjo 

 I'Engai, XL, X. 



136. Glancidiniit pcrlatiim (Vieill.). Donje Erok, VIII. ; 

 Ngaptuk, X. 



Very characteristic is the call of this little wood-owl, heard 

 about midday during the hottest time. It sounds very much like 

 the chromatic scale of Hohohohohohu-i-u. The night-call resembles 

 that of the European wood-owl, only a trifie more subdued. 

 This owl hides in the top branches of high acacia-trees. 



137. Syriiinui icoodfordi ( A. Sm.). Sadaani Plains, \'L 



138. Strix fianiuiea inaculata, Brehm. Forests of the Pangrini 

 River, VI 1 1., hatching its young. 



On August 9th I found a spotted barn-owl sitting on two 

 new-laid eggs in an abandoned nest of an umbrette. 



Psittacidse 



139. Poiocephalns nifivciitris {\\w\)^.' ). Taveta, 1 1. ; Ngaptuk, X.; 

 Djipe Lake, XII. ; middle ranges of Pangani, III., IV.; Kiniarok 

 Lakes, III. 



These parrots sail through the air flapping their wings in a 



