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and we observed in this gorge birds of tlie rock- sparrow 

 kind [Petronia), as well as numberless guinea-fowl of 

 a new species, with a tuft of curious horny bristles set 

 around the gape. These were the Abyssinian helmeted 

 guinea-fowl {Numida iJtUovliyncha), which swarmed in 

 the thorn}' scrub, some packs apparently running to fifty 

 or a hundred and upwards. 



Beyond that spur we at length descried the fort of 

 Baringo — furthest outpost, in this direction, of British 

 Empire. 



At midday on August 17 we encamped on the little 

 plain below the Boma, having spent nine days on the 

 march from Nakuru. Here we presently received a 

 most hospitable welcome from the District-Commissioner 

 (and sole white inhabitant), ]\Ir. Geoffrey Archer. 



NAMAQUA DOVE [(Ena capensis). 

 A pigeon no bigger than a AVagtail. 



