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fulvous Bat was common along banks^ flying out from trees 

 or margins. Very bad nighty with fever and mosquitos. 



Oct. 4th. Feverish all day ; on ^Massaba/ at anchor in 

 creek, Macintosh &c. being busy in rowing down stream from 

 factory. About 4 left Massaba, and went up creek in canoe to 

 factory ; in charge, Mr. Bishop. Creek very nai'row latterly. 

 Settled myself in factory. Saw Estrelda on tree close to 

 landing-place ; also Hijphantornis teoctor, Uypochera, Passer, 

 Neophron, Balearica, Lagonosticta, &c. 



Oct. 5th. Good night, and felt much better in morning. 

 Took a short walk up to town, situated on hill beyond factory. 

 Saw many birds — Ixos, Turtur vinacea (?), an Ardea (either 

 A. cinerea or A. atricollis), Hoplopterus , Coliopasser, Chryso- 

 coccyx, several Drymoeca, a new Timeliine, a large grey 

 Pigeon, &c. In afternoon went up hill behind factory. 

 Good view of town, surrounded by castellated mud walls, 

 and of river-valley, very wide ; the hills (? on the other 

 side) apparently in distance. Hill covered with rounded 

 flint-pebbles, with occasional blocks of sandstone conglo- 

 merate of dark colour. Is this rock in situ ? Saw 

 Estrelda melpoda, Nectarinia pulchella, and a dark species, 

 Spermestes semitorquatus and S. senegalensis, Centropus, a 

 Treron, &c. About twenty Neophron settled for night in 

 tree outside factory. Greenshields arrived from Rabba 

 about 9. Very bad night, and feverish again. 



Oct. 6th. In factory all day, feeling seedy and weak, with 

 no appetite. Took a short walk in evening up to town. 

 Greenshields had a touch of fever. Good night. 



Oct. 7th. Better and stronger. Greenshields left again 

 for Rabba, feeling better. In and about factory. Walked 

 up to Egga in evening. Good night. 



>S. Oct. 8th. Decidedly better, but appetite still very 

 poor. Shot a white-rumped Swiftlet, already, I think, seen 

 at Egga (? Cypselus abyssinicus, in spirit), and a red-rumped 

 Swallow (? Hirundo melanocrissus) in factory-yard. In 

 morning's walk saw Estrelda rufopicta close to factory, and 

 a peculiar-looking Hyphantornis — top of head, back, wings, 

 and tail olive-brown ; lores and part of face black ; very 



