294 Capt. G. E. Shelley on 



Little credit is due to me for having brought this new 

 species to light, as the specimen was brought to me by a little 

 Taveita boy, tied by the legs along with several others of the 

 common yellow species, and was the only one that I kept, as 

 all the rest had had their tails pulled out. 



23. Amblyospiza unicolor (Fisch. et Reichen.). 



5 ? . Both shot on the banks of the Habari river in thick 

 bush. The only ones I saw. 



24. CORVULTUR ALBICOLLIS. 



This large Raven is common in the Kilima-njaro mountain- 

 district. When I Avas at Kidudwi, on the river Wami, some 

 of them came to my camp every day to feed on the scraps and 

 offal. 



25. (Ena capbnsis (Linn.). 



Very common between Taveita and Kake. About 10.30 

 A.M. immense numbers used to come to drink close to my 

 camp on the Habari river. They sat so close together on 

 the low bushes that at one shot I obtained ten specimens. 



26. Pterocles EXusTus, Temm. 



6 $ . Only seen in one place, at a camp on the Useri 

 river in June 1887. Here the plains were very sandy and 

 stony. Although there was plenty of water about, these birds 

 appeared to have one favourite drinking-place, where, about 

 9 a.m., they, together with the other two species^ came in 

 hundreds. This species I did not notice in such large flocks 

 as P. gutturalis, but generally in companies of from 6 to 20 

 individuals. 



27. Pterocles gutturalis, Smith. 



I only saw this species in the dry sandy and stony plains 

 near the Useri river. At their drinking-hour, about 9 a.m., 

 they assembled in large flocks of from 40 to 50, but when 

 flushed in the open plains were generally found in small 

 flocks of from 8 to 10. 



28. Pterocles decor vtus, Cab. 



More plentifid than either of the other species. I saw it 

 in great numbers in three pla(;es — Langora, Rombo (Simba 



