With Flashliht and Rifle 





A nc\vly laid egg of this bustard was brought to me, measuring 

 52 x 44 millimetres. The evolutions of the bird on the wing arc 

 very quaint and comical. 



Gruidae 



49. Balearica regulonun gibbericeps, Rchvv. Merkcr Lake. 



I found this crane mating in July. In September and January 

 I came upon great flocks of them on Kilimanjaro. I found many 

 also in Kavirondo, on the Nguaso-Xyiro River, and on the Xayasha 

 Lake. At night they utter a curiously grating kind of cry. 



Parridae 



50. ActopJiiliis africanns 'Gm.^ Rufu River, VI. ; Xjiri swamps, 

 VII., VIII. 



I found the floating nests of this jacana in July on the Mvamps, 

 with its wonderfully coloured eggs not vet nearlv hatched. 



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51. Microparra capcnsis (A. Srn.). Western Xjiri swamp-. VII. 

 I brought down a pair on July 6th. At some distance from the 



river they were not very shy. 



Rallidae 



52. Civ.v crcx (L.) Central Pangani, III. 



I have seldom been able to start corncrakes from out of the 

 reeds. 



53. Liinnocorax nii^cr (Gm.). Donjc Lrok, VIII. ; Rufu River, 

 III. ; Xjiri swamps, VII. ; Kibaya Masai, III. 



This bird gives out a very distinctive cry. 



54. Ortygoinctra pusilla obscnra (Xeum. . Xjiri swamps, \'I. 

 Seen three times ; killed once. 



55. Gallinnla cliloropus fL.;. Xjiri swamps, VII. 

 Moorhens I found also in large numbers on Lake Xayasha. 



56. Fiilica cristata, (im. Lakes Xakuro and Xayasha and the 

 western swamps, VII. 



Great flocks in January on Lake Xayasha. I cannot subscribe 

 to O. Xcumann's statement that these coots dislike warm waters. 



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