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which I have likewise caught in numbers drinking at the same 

 stream. I haven't seen a single Lycaenid in that bamboo 

 forest — only one Nymphaline — a brown Charaxes which seems 

 abundant — I think a species I know, but it's always out of 

 reach. One species of Hesperid abounds, and I caught also 

 a Baoris; also one black Satyrine marked with white, which 

 occurs indiscriminately all over the hills, but doesn't come 

 down to the plains. 



" The birds of this region are not particularly noticeable — 

 rather few. Perhaps the most noticeable are Shrikes — which 

 live in couples — long-tailed, black-and-white species. It 

 seems to be rather a characteristic of these birds that they have 

 a joint call — that is, one of the pair utters a few notes, simul- 

 taneously with which the other one of the pair utters the 

 complement. The whole cry — one can't call it song — thus 

 produced is often very musical, but the effect is so simul- 

 taneous that it's difficult to realise it's the effort of two birds. 

 Apart from them, insect-eating birds are scarce. I've seen 

 no Rollers or Bee-eaters (both abundant at Kakindu and 

 Rukuba posts where I was so long); Flycatchers extremely 

 scarce, Swallows also (I've seen one on the hills, probably a 

 Martin, all black, that I have not seen before). One species 

 of Coly is very plentiful where tall herbs and bushes grow, 

 and Sun-birds are not uncommon in some places. Coucals 

 are common on shore of Lake Bunyonyi. There being no 

 trees, there are no Hornbills or Parrots or Plantain-eaters. 

 The Crowned Crane and ubiquitous dark green Ibis are occa- 

 sionally seen. Crows abound (perhaps because of dirty habits 

 of natives). Ducks are common on the lakes, Gulls on L. 

 Bunyonyi, but I saw there none of the Lily-trotters so abundant 

 on L. Victoria, nor Herons and Egrets. There are King- 

 fishers among the rushes, but no Divers or Cormorants (so I 

 think there must be few if any fish in that lake). One hears 

 Nightjars on moonlit nights, but I haven't heard Owls. 



" As regards the people of this part — they are known as 

 Bakiga — fine, powerful, but oh, so smelly, people ! They are 

 quite different in many ways from the Baganda ; wear one 

 filthy old goat or sheep skin hung round them according to 

 the direction of the wind; wear their hair either in long 





