With Flashlight and Rifle * 



176. Halcyon semiccsnileus hyacinthinus^ Rch\v. Korongo, III. 

 A kingfisher startled by myself one evening at the end of 



October, returned continually to a candelabra euphorbia-tree, but 

 I could not discover its nest. 



177. Ispidina picta ; Hodd. . Moshi, \\ . 



Meropidse 



178. Melitlophagus meridionalis, Sharpe. Xjiri, V. VIII.; 

 Donje Erok, VIII. 



179. M elittophagus cyanostictus (Cab.). Ngaptuk, I.; Gelei' 

 Volcano table-land, X. ; Moshi, IV. 



1 80. M elittophagus bnllockoides (A. Sm.). Kiraragua, XI. ; 

 Nakuro Lake, I. 



1 8 1. M crops albicollis (Vieill.) Djipe Lake, XII. 



182. Merops persicus Fall. Masai-land. 

 Bee-eaters very common. 



Upupidae 



1 83. Upnpa africaiia, Bchst. Middle reaches of the Pangani, III. 



184. Irrisor senegnlensis somaliensis, Grant. Njiri, VI. ; 

 Matiom, XI. 



185. RJiinoponiastus cabanisi (Erl.). Xgaptuk, X. ; Kitumbin 

 Volcano, IX. 



The tree-hoopoes are very shy birds. The mocking-hoopoes 

 cling to the bark of large trees like woodpeckers. I have observed 

 them hanging head downward. These birds have a strange shrill 

 call and keep bowing their heads in a very peculiar way. 



Caprimulgidae 



1 86. Capriiiiulgus frcenatus, Salvad. North-west Kilimanjaro, 

 VIII. 



187. Caprimulgus fossei (Verr.) Hartl. Donje Erok, VIII. 



1 found these nightjars breeding during March. Rising on 

 their wings they utter a very low, hardly perceptible, call. Not 

 quite fully fledged young ones were discovered by me in November, 

 near the Meru Mountain. 



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