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vantage they kept up a constant chattering-call, and I 

 found them rather shy and difficult to api)roach, though if 

 C. loeigalli and E. afer were in one tree, the former always 

 took alarm first. Their flight is swift and somewhat erratic, 

 and they were in the habit of repeatedly returning to a 

 certain tree after the cause of their alarm had disappeared. 



11. CORYTHORNIS CYANOSTIGMA (Rupp.). Malachitc- 



crested Kiiigsfisher. 



12. Ceryle maxima (Pall.). Giant Kingfisher. 



A pair of these birds, wary as usual, frequented the Kane 

 River at its junction with the Mungeesi, where they had a 

 regular beat. 



13. Merops nubicoides, Desm. & Puch. Carmine-breasted 

 Bee-eater. 



Only one seen — this at Giyu, hawking for grasshoppers 

 in front of a grass fire. 



14. Irrisok erythrorynchus (Lath.). Wood Hoojioe. 

 Numerous and widely distributed. Particularly numerous 



along the Mungeesi. They seem partial to lately burnt 

 areas in the forest, in which several parties could be seen at 

 once, hunting for food. 



15. HiRUNDO PUELLA, Temm., Schl. Striped Swallow. 

 Very common along the Mungeesi and Kane Rivers. 



16 & 17. HiRUNUO MONTEiRi, Hartl., and H. albigularis, 

 Strikl. West-(/Oast and AVhite-throated Swallow. 



Large numbers of these Swallows congregated at Malaver 

 in August, stayed a week and then vanished. H. aliiiyulav'ts 

 was more numerous than monteiri. 



18. Hyliota barboz^':. Barboza's Flycatcher. 



Frequently seen at my camp near the Masambnlanda 

 River, and also seen at a spot some eight miles along the 

 track, thence to Mundira. In parlies of six to eight. Very 

 restless and shy. Flight rapid. It was very interesting to 

 watch their revolutions when in pursuit of their insect prey. 



