Collection of Birds 



Colymbidae 



2. Lolyuihiis capciisis [Lcht. ] Salvad.). Njiri, II., \ I.; Lake 

 Xakuro, I. With young ones about t\vo days old on Feb. I 5th 

 on a small pool of rainwater, in a wood between Kibwesi and 

 Kilimanjaro. Frequently on the Xjiri Lakes and Merker Lakes. 

 Very often on Lake Xakuro and Lake Xayasha in January. 



Laridae 



3. Gclochclidon nilotica (Tlasselg.). The Masai country, Pangani 

 swamps, Heck Island, VIII. Seen only in numbers on Ileck 

 Island in Pangani in August. 



4. Hydi'ocliclidon Icttcoptcra (Schin/). Njiri, II., \ I.; Pangani 

 swamps, Ilcck Island, VI 1 1 ; Lake Natron, IX. Seen often on 

 the Njiri Lakes and on Lake Natron. 



Phalacrocoracidae 



5. riialacn>a>ra.\- litcidns litgnbris Riipp. Meiker Lakes, XI. 

 'I his great cormorant was observed by me only on the Mcrkcr 

 Lakes, Lake Natron, and the Njiri Lakes. While on the wing 

 it gave out a curious whistling kind of cry. 



(>. Phaldtcrocoi'in ajricnnns (im.). Haganioyo, \"II. Seen 

 cver\'\vherc frecjucnth', in the coast region between Dar-es-Salaam 

 and Tanga, as \\ell as on rivers and lakes. 



7. Atthiu^a ntfa < Lace]). Daud. . (,'cntral Tangani, III. 

 Brooding. This strange-looking bird with a Miakc-likc neck I 

 found nesting halfway up the 1'angani l\i\cr. Its ne^ts wei'e 

 in the- branches of acacia-tries stretching over the river, about 

 14 or 15 icet above the water. I found them only on >mall 

 islands in the middle of tin- stream. The egg-- are of a blui-h 

 colour and covered with a strong coating of chalk. 



Pelecanidae 



S. Pc/i'i'diins nisi'HS (im. ( )n the X'ictoria X\',in/,i, the 



Merker Lakes, XI.; Lake X,t\'asha, I., fn qucntly. < )n the 

 Xjiri s\\-anips, \'I., seldom. 



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