* Collection of Birds 



I have seen these only in the winter months on a few occasions. 

 vS. rriiigoidcs hypoleucns (L.). The Masai country, Kibaya 

 Masai, III. 



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

 ]<j. '/'riii^d fci'/'H^'inca (Hriinn. . Njiri, VI. 



40. I riii^n uiiiiHta, Leisl. The Masai country, XI. 



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

 a whole day in November. 



41. Crtlidris (ii'cnari'i L.j. Tan^a, XII. 



42. Xnincnius anjnatns L. . On the coast near 1'an^ani. 

 Very shy and difficult to approach. 



4v (rrtlliuago media Krisch. . The !\ahe veil, I V. 

 I found these mating in .April. 



44. (ialliuago nigripoinis, Hp. Merker Lakes, XI. 



'1 hese snipe- were so numerous in the autumn that I was able 

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



45. RostratnUi bcugalcnsis \.. . Njiri, I\ .; Masimani \'elt, II. 



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

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

 dense bushes, \\hen startled they let themselves down quicklv. 

 Their ni^ht is unsteady, and their lvi;s dandle curiously. 



Otididae 



40. /'lnp<t<>t/s /cor/, Hurch. X-aptuk, XI.; Donje l^rok, IN.; 

 Donje X-ai, VIII. 



Kori bustards are found all over the dry plains. Ka>y to shoot 

 at midd.iy, but very shy in the morning and e\emni;. \\ hen shot 

 at they LM\e out a deep, hoar.-e cr\'. At miilday the\- re->t in 

 the shade of the bu-die^. 



47. /:n/><n/t^/s <-<r/// t - ( >///.\\ l\ch\\. Njiri, III. : Donje I-'.rok, IX.; 

 N^'aptuk. X. 



I found a newly laid eu^ ot tin'-- bustard in |ul\\ It is ot a pale 

 yello\vish-bro\vn eoloin-, \\ith reddish bn>\\ n and blue spots ; it i^ 

 spherical in >hape, and measures ;M x ^.\ millimetres. 



). Marao k,m.;a, \. 



