Collection of Birds 



Ardeidae 



73- Nycticorax uycticorax L.;. Pangani swamps, III. 

 I killed only one night-heron, on Heck Island. 



74. Nycticorax lenconotns \\agl.,.. Central Pangani, III. 

 7v /Jn/an't/i's atricapill/is 'Af/cl. ; . Central Pangani, III. 



76. Ai'i/t'f/ti sliinni \\'agl. . Masangolcni, II.; Kibaya Masai, 

 III. 



77. liitbiilcns this ( L. J. Pangani. 



I found single specimens breeding by Pangani. 



75. Antca inclanoccpJiala, Vig. Childr. Masimani, III. 



I found the eggs of this heron at the end of March. The nests 

 are verv like those of the Kuropean heron. 



70,. , \nica golialh, Cn t/.schm. Rufn River, Athi River, Kikuyu, 

 I., IV. 



I found giant herons comparatively seldom on rivers and lakes. 



50. Mclanophoyx anlcsiaca , \\agl.,. Dar-es-Salaam, I V. ; 

 Tanga, VI. 



51. llcroiUas alha(\..). Central Pangani, III. ; \jiri. \'II. 

 S_\ llcnniias ^ulnris ( Hose.). Sadaani. Sea-coast, \". 



Sv I Icrodias garzctla I -. Pangani River, V. ; Njiri, VII. 



The^e egrets are comparatively shy and cautious. Thousand^ 

 of them on their breeding-place- near I'anga \\ere slaughtered by 

 feather-hunters. Shooting regulations are much needed in regard 

 to these birds. 



Columbidse 



84. / '/little <;i/:\i lif/n'/rosfrf's, Sw. Donje h'.rok, X. ; Huiko, \'l. 



! ha\'e seldom come across this species of dove, and found 

 it shy. 



S;. ( o/niiih.i <i,?//ti/rt.\, I'em. \\"est o| Kilimanj iro, VII. 



Half-grown young oiie-> in nest. These beautiful large do\-t-s 

 are very like our ringdoves. They were to be tound (among other 

 place--) in the region west of Kilimanjaro in very large numlv:> in 

 July, at a height of about 7,000 tt. They were alter the berries < .f 

 a kind ot I'.iiclcn tree, known to the Masai a-> " I.eurien.' 1 |(>und 



