The last Journal of W. A. Forbes. 515 



Sept. 20th. Shooting in the morning on the island. Got 

 five birds, male and female Eupledes abyssinicus, a Campe- 

 phaga, a Drymoeca, and a female Hyphantornis of a species 

 new to me. Saw also Laniarius barbarus ?, a Merops, and a 

 Kingfisher^ with lots of Vidua principalis (female or young), 

 Lagonosticta, Hyphantornis personata 1, Turtur semitorquatus, 

 and T. senegalensis, and another smaller species with no white 

 on tail. Macintosh and consul left about 4 for Wanengi, 

 en route for Bidda, I remaining here with Ashbury, who is 

 better to-day, the 8th of his attack. In morning saw four 

 or five quite black Hornbills. Heavy rain in night. 



Sept. 21st. Showery in morning; so did not go out till 

 after breakfast, when I shot a Centropus (same as at Abutschi) 

 and a couple of Merops, both with bright crimson irides. 

 Saw Euplectes franciscanus on island, and saw several Eu- 

 plectes melanognster. Got a mail per ' Wanderer,^ which had 

 arrived in the night. 



Sept. 22nd, 23rd, S. 24th, and 25th. Fever. 

 Sept. 26th. Ashbury left in ' Formoso.'' Consul back. 

 Sept. 27th. Better. Still about factory. Dog caught a 

 couple of rats, a blackish moderate-sized species. Also found 

 another Gecko (same species as at Lukoja), and found a dead 

 brown rat of another species in factory-yard. Saw Barber. 



Sept. 29th. Macintosh back from Bidda about 10. Dis- 

 charged 'Jane^ at Egga. Started up river for Rabba on 

 ' King Massaba ' (Macintosh, Flint, Lever, and self) about 3, 

 and steamed till dark. 



Sept. 30th. Fine and bright in morning; about 5.30 saw 

 a magnificent comet, altitude about 20° about E., apparently 

 twice as big as that of 1881, and with splendid tail. Saw an 

 adult Xenorhynchus on a bank ; CM. had already described 

 it to me at Egga, and Lever had shot at a young one there. 

 Saw also Gypohierax and Ardea goliath and A. flavirostris 

 (yellow beak, clear). About 9 off the Bennell Mountains, 

 1200 feet high (900 feet above river), flat-topped, but very 

 detached, with only some remains of hills, much lower 

 laterally, just above the river ; the clifi's and lower (only) 

 hills are composed of a pale whitish- and-pink stratified sand- 



