Collection of Birds 



Ardeidae 



73. Xrificorax nycticora.v L. . Pangani s\vamps, III. 

 I killed only one night-heron, on Heck Island. 



74. Nyctic,u-a.\- Iciiconotus \Yagl. > Central Pangani, III. 



75. ttutoridcs atrii -apillus [A f/.el. ;. Central Pangani, III. 



76. Anicttii xtnrini YVagl. . Masangolcni, II.; Kibaya Masai, 

 III. 



77. Bubulcus ibis (L.). Pangani. 



I found single specimens breeding by Pangani. 



78. Ardca inclanocepliala, Vig. Childr. Masimani, III. 



I found the eggs of this heron at the end of March. The nests 

 are very like those of the European heron. 



79. Ardca goliath, Cretzschm. Rufu River, Athi River, Kikuyu, 

 I., IV. 



I found giant herons comparatively seldom on rivers and lakes. 



80. Melanophoyx at\iesiaca (Wagl.). Dar-es-Salaam, IV. ; 

 Tanga, VI. 



8 1. Hcrodias alba (L.). Central Pangani, III.; Xjiri, VII. 



82. Hcrodias gnlaris (Bosc.). Sadaani. Sea-coast, V. 



83. Herodias garzetta (L.). Pangani River, V.; Xjiri, VII. 

 These egrets are comparatively shy and cautious. Thousands 



of them on their breeding-place near Tanga were slaughtered by 

 feather-hunters. Shooting regulations are much needed in regard 

 to these birds. 



Columbidae 



84. Vinago cahn nudirostris, S\v. Donje Erok, X. ; Buiko, VI. 

 I have seldom come across this species of dove, and found 



it shy. 



85. Columba aquatrix, Tem. West of Kilimanjaro, VII. 

 Half-grown young ones in nest. These beautiful large doves 



are very like our ringdoves. They were to be found (among other 

 places) in the region west of Kilimanjaro in very large numbers in 

 July, at a height of about 7,000 ft. They were after the berries of 

 a kind of Euclea tree, known to the Masai as " Leurien." I found 



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