Collection of Birds 



I have seen these only in the winter months on a fe\v occasions. 



38. Tr///^<>!(/i\< Iiyp(>lcncns (L.j. The Masai country. Kibaya 

 Masai. III. 



I found these all the year round on every kind of water. 



39. 'I ringa fcrmgima (Briinn. . Njiri. VI. 



40. 7>/>/<w miimla, Leisl. The Masai eour.try, XI. 



One of these birds remained on a pool within my camp for 

 a whole day in November. 



41. Ciilidris arcnari-i L.j. Tanga, XII. 



42. Numenius arquatus (L.). On the coast near Pangani. 

 Very shy and difficult to approach. 



43. (T'lllina^o media Frisch.;. The Kahc vclt, IV. 

 I found these mating in April. 



44. Gallinag<> tiigripcnnis, Bp. Mcrkcr Lakes, XI. 



These snipe were so numerous in the autumn that I was able 

 to kill twenty-six one evening, and watched hundreds of them. 



45. Rostratnla bengalcnsis (L. . Njiri, IV.; Masimani velt, II. 

 I only saw the painted snipe on a few occasions, chiefly upon 



small, evil-smelling pools in the swamp districts, surrounded by 

 dense bushes. When startled they let themselves down quickly. 

 Their flight is unsteady, and their legs dangle curiously. 



Otididae 



46. Enpodotis kori, Burch. Ngaptuk, XI. ; Donje Erok, IX. ; 

 Donje Ngai, VIII. 



Kori bustards are found all over the dry plains. Easy to shoot 

 at midday, but very shy in the morning and evening. When shot 

 at they give out a deep, hoarse cry. At midday they rest in 

 the shade of the bushes. 



47. Enpodotis cam'collis, Rchw. Njiri, III. ; Donje Erok, IX.; 

 Ngaptuk, X. 



I found a newly laid egg of this bustard in July. It is of a pale 

 yellowish-brown colour, with reddish brown and blue spots ; it is 

 spherical in shape, and measures 59 x 54 millimetres. 



48. Enpodotis gindiana (Oust). Marago Kanga, V. 



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