With Flashlieht and Rifle -^ 



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pcculi;ui\- ra])id manner, screaming- loudl)' and clearl}- all the while. 

 Their nests are mostl\' placed in baobab-trees. 



140. Poiocep//a//is !//ns(iin//s [¥sc\w., Rchw. ;. Nayasha Lake, I. 



Musophagidae 



141. C/i/oacr/iis Ic/icoi^asl/a 1 Riipp. 1. Donje Erok, VII I., IX. ; 

 Ngaptuk, X. 



The alarum-turaco is well named, the inexperienced traveller 

 being easil>' deceived by its imitation of a sheep's bleating or dog's 

 barking. Sometimes these birds are rather tame ; generally speak- 

 ing, they are of a distrustful nature. Turacoes have a curiously 

 clever way of slipping through the thorny acacia-scrub without 

 hurting themselves. They perch on the top branches of thorn- 

 bushes just as other birds do on leafy trees, and are there entirely 

 protected against the attacks of birds of prey. I found only 

 green seeds in their stomachs. 



142. T/inicns //iriiiaiibi {Vsclw., Rchw.j. Donje Erok, XIII. 



Cuculidse 



143. Ccntropiis sHperciliosns, Hempr., Ehr. Merkcr Lakes, XL; 

 Njiri, VI.; Moshi, IV. 



The penetrating call of this cuckoo, sometimes heard at night, 

 is one of the characteristic bird- cries of the velt. The nests are 

 disorderl)', loose structures, built not very high from the ground, in 

 shrubs ; I found the white eggs in March. 



144. Clamator i:;Iaudarius {\^'.). Victoria Nyanza, XII. 



145. Claiiiator jacobiuusi^odiA.). Yumbe ya Mawe, I\\ ; Lafitti 

 Mountain, III. ; middle reaches of the Pangani, III. ; Aloshi, XII. 



146. Cucnlus solitariiis, Step. Middle reaches of the Pangani, 

 III. ; Merker Lakes, XI. ; Djipe Lake, XII. ; Moshi, XII. 



The call of this cuckoo has three peculiar notes. One hears it 

 frequently at night, and it resembles then the call of an owl. The 

 bird is very shy. 



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