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yard (a young bird, moulting) and a Phylloscopus (apparently Willow- 

 Wren) out of fig-tree ; also an Ixos and the female Hypochera (spoilt). 

 Took a strong dose of chlorodyne at night, and slept better. 



Oct. 28th. Did not get up till 10. Skinned birds. Appetite seems 

 better. In evening went out and shot a Cypselus (? abyssinicus), a 

 Swallow (Hirundo melanocrissus), and one of the dark Nectarinias. Slept 

 very badly. 



S. Oct. 29th. Very poor appetite. Skinned birds shot the day before. 

 In evening went out and got a female HypJiantornis tesctor and a fine 

 Schizorhis (sp. inc.). Slept better. 



Oct. 30th. Did not go out all day. Skinned birds. Very weak still, 

 with poor appetite. Slept wretchedly. 



Oct. 31st. Did not go out all day. Slept much better, having taken 

 a strong dose of chlorodyne. 



Ibis, 1883, Nov. 1st. Greenshields went out before breakfast, and shot a young 

 p. 521. Arfoa atricollis, in the stage with the neck behind grey and in front 

 white and buffy (upper mandible black, lower bony, and ringed at base 

 and apex with yellow and along tomise with blackish ; lores naked, yellow, 

 as is space round eye ; a leaden streak below eye leads to beak ; iris bright 

 yellow ; legs black). In factory all day. 



Nov. 2nd. Lots of Mllvus parasiticus about factory in morning ; also 

 saw a Merops nubicus or two. Skinned a Pluvianus which Greenshields 

 had shot the previous evening. About 4 we went down creek in canoe, 

 but did not get much (only a Corythornis and another of the yellow- 

 chinned Trichophorus), though we saw lots of birds, Wishie-wi shies, and 

 apparently another kind of Duck (no, it is (Edicnemus), an Oriolus, King- 

 fishers, &c. ; SchizorTiis we saw several of ; Merops nubicus was common, 

 hawking in the air, flying slowly, with alternate flapping of wings and 

 gliding, and uttering a low repeated note. Saw lots of Parra. 



Nov. 3rd. Shot a Neophron pileatus in morning from factory for a 

 skeleton. Appetite decidedly better. In afternoon went down creek 

 again, but without very great results. Got a young Parra (for coloration, 

 see Hartlaub), a Merops erythropterus in bad plumage, a Ceryle rudis, and 

 an Ixos. Went ashore amongst some really big forest-trees, but no 

 second-growth or creepers, and only long' grass &c. below. Quite a 

 swarm of Merops nubicus flying very high over trees. 



Nov. 4th. Saw five of the brown Ibis in morning in front of factory. 

 They have a loud mewing Hornbill-like cry, and fly like Cranes with 

 extended downwardly directed head and neck. Appetite much better, 

 and made a heavy breakfast, which kept me asleep most of the day. 

 Skinned the Ixos. Did not go out in the evening, Greenshields being 

 busy with his accounts. 



Nov. 5th. The weather the last few mornings has been remarkably 

 cool and fresh. Going on well. Went down creek in afternoon in 



