Collection of Birds 



Trogonidae 



165. Hctcrotrogon I'ittatnin (Shell.) \\ T . Kilimanjaro, VIII., 

 at a height of about 5,000 feet. 



I met this beautiful many-coloured trogon near the forest-belt. 

 It was perched on a branch, and without fear whirled its wings 

 in a peculiar manner, uttering all the while a low plaintive call. 



Coraciidas 



1 66. Coracias garrnlns, L. Masai-land. 



167. Coracias candatus, L. Donjc Erok, VIII., IX.; Ngap- 

 tuk, X. 



168. Etirystomus afcr (Lath.). Moshi, XII. 



Bucerotidae 



169. Bncorvns cafcr (Schlcg.). Pare Mountains, III.; easterly 

 Njiri swamps, V. 



170. Bycanistes cristatus (Riipp.). Pare-ya-Pesa, III.; Meru 

 Mountains, VIII. 



171. Lophoceros melanoleucus (A. Leht.). Masai-land. 



172. Lophoceros erythorhynchus (Tern.). Njiri, VIII. ; Donje 

 Erok, VIII. 



The hornbills are extremely wary and shy. Approaching the 

 hunter, they change their direction at the last moment, so avoiding 

 the gunshot. Captive birds are very tame and docile, and show 

 surprising mental capacity. They arc easiest to shoot from an 

 ambush among fruit-trees. 



Alcedinidae 



173. Ceryle rndis (L.). Pangani River, III. 



174. Halcyon clielicuti (Stanley). Korongo (middle reaches 

 of the Rufu), III.; Ngaptuk, X. 



175. Halcyon albiventris orientalis, Ptrs. Moshi, IV. 



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