ART. 17 EAST AFRICAN VERTEBRATES LOVERIDGE 31 



furnished in a washbasin, the food being submerged in water. Tliey 

 also exhibit a liking for "mtama," heads of which are scattered on 

 the ground in their inclosure. 



This goose is such an arrant bully that it is not advisable to keep 

 it in the same pen with smaller species; even young of its own kind 

 lead a very precarious existence, for not only do the semiadult geese 

 peck at any bird approaching when they are feeding but they will 

 drive such away from the food even when they themselves have no 

 inclination to eat. As if this were not enough, they are addicted to 

 giving a peck in passing to the Egyptian geese and sacred ibis which 

 perforce share the run. 



Four almost adult birds were brought in during August, mostly 

 from Nzingi, where I saw an adult on May 25. (Dodoma, vii. 26.) 



BALEARICA REGULORUM GIBBERICEPS Reichenow 



EAST AFRICAN CROWNED CRANE 



About two a day were seen feeding in the native "shambas" at 

 Nzingi in May. From the day of our arrival here on May 5 to the 

 last day in July, young crowned cranes lacking the black velvet cap 

 have been brought in at intervals of about 10 days with great regu- 

 larity. Ten in all were received, the last, which arrived on July 31, 

 having some black velvet feathers on the crown. Those received early 

 in May were obviously only recently out of the nest, as they were 

 scarcely able to fly. One met death at the beak of an ostrich, as 

 previously related, while two, though able to stand and walk about 

 when they were brought in, collapsed during the night and never 

 recovered the power in their legs; they fed from a dish placed in 

 front of them, but both succumbed after four or five days. The 

 remaining seven did well in a small inclosure where they were fed 

 exclusively on boiled rice and raw chopped meat submerged in water 

 in an ordinary washbasin. They drank frequently from a big bowl 

 of water which was always kept in their paddock, and often stood 

 in the water when not engaged in picking about their quarters, which 

 they do much after the manner of fowls. Most of the birds came 

 from Nzingi and Bahi. (Dodoma, 5. vii. 26.) 



A very young bird was brought in, being much less advanced than 

 the Dodoma birds, hatched quite two months later, one would suppose. 

 (Kondoa Irangi, 13. vii. 26.) 



THRESKIORNIS AETHIOPICUS AETHIOPICUS (Latham) 



SACRED IBIS 



Sacred ibis were abundant at Bahi and Nzingi, but as I could 

 detect no woolly necked young birds among them I concluded that 

 they had not nested as yet. 



