With Flashlight and Rifle ^ 



1/6. Ualcyoii scmicarnlciis hyaciuthinns, Rchw. Korongo, III. 



A kingfisher startlctl by myself one evening at the end of 

 October, returned continually to a candelabra euphorbia-tree, but 

 I could not discover its nest. 



177. Ispidiiia picta {^oA<^). Moshi, I\^ 



Meropidae 



178. MclitiopJiagiis incridioialis, Sharpe. Njiri, \\ VIII. ; 

 Donje Erok, VIII. 



179. Mclitk)p/iai^>/s cyanostictiis (Cab.). Ngaptuk, I.; Gelei 

 Volcano table-land, X. ; Moshi, IV. 



180. Melittophagits bitllockoidcs (A. Sm,). Kiraragua, XI. ; 

 Nakuro Lake, I. 



181. Mcrops alhicollis (A'ieill.j Djipe Lake, XII. 



182. JMerops pcrsiats Pall. Masai-land. 

 Bee-eaters ver)' common. 



Upupidae 



I %l. Upupa africaiia, Bchst. Middle reaches of the Pangani, III. 



184. Irn'sor sruc'^tr/rz/s/s S(>iuah'ensis, Grant. Njiri, \\. ; 

 Matiom, XL 



185. Rhiiioponiastiis cixlnxiiisi (Erl.). Xgaptuk, X.; Kitumbin 

 Volcano, IX. 



The tree-hoopoes are very shy birds. The mocking-hoopoes 

 cling to the bark of large trees like woodpeckers. I have observed 

 them hanging head downward. These birds have a strange shrill 

 call and keep bowing their heads in a very peculiar way. 



Caprimulgidae 



186. Capriuiitli^iis frccnatits, Salvad. North-west Kilimanjaro, 

 VIII. 



187. Capnvmlgusfossei(y&n\) Hartl. Donje ELrok, VIII. 



1 found these nightjars breeding during March. Rising on 

 their wings they utter a very low, hardly perceptible, call. Not 

 quite full)' fledged young ones were discovered by me in November, 

 near the Meru Mountain. 



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