14 NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Lolo (loloi) .... Duck. 

 Dowi (dowi) .... Duck. 

 Tolotolo (tolotolni) . . Turkey. 



Bombo (boml)()i) . . 



Gere (geri) .... 

 Ndogbo-gere (ndoglx)- 



geri) 



Nja-gere (nja-geii) . 



Hewe (hewe) .... 

 Kuanja (kuauje) . 



Kokogbia (kokogbiei) . 

 Knwo and Kuwe (knwei) 



Sekpende (sekpeude) 

 Hekuln (sekuli) 



Yiba or Jilja (vibe or 

 jibe) 



Hawks, &c. 



A brown eagle, inclining to grey in 



pai'ts {Hnliarius corifer). 

 A brown hawk. 

 The " l)ush-geri." Like the (!eri, 



but lai'ger. 

 The " water-geri." Bi'own tish- 



hawk. tSome say same as 



Boniboi. 

 Same as ? (leri or ? Nja-geri. 

 Same as Nja-geri, but said to have 



diffei'ent claws. 

 Same as Bomboi. 

 Big black-and-white fish- eagle. 



(? Gypoliiero.r.) 

 Lai'ge gi'ey hawk. 

 Small speckled hawk. Catches 



small birds. A kestrel. 



Vultiu-e. 



Bani (bani) .... 



Bongboto (bong])otr)i) . 

 Hohn (hohui) .... 



Water-birds 



White wading bird, smaller than 

 Yonembe. Name doubtfid. 



Pelican. 



The blackish coi'moi'ant {Phalacro- 

 rora.r rarhd). Also, the Pigmy 

 Goose (Netfopus auriJiis). Size 

 of a big pigeon. Body like 

 a diick's ; bi'east white with 

 thick plumage; back greenish; 

 tlu'oat l)i'own ; feet webbed and 

 black ; beak shoit, hooked, yel- 

 low with black ti[). 



