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  Birds 
  observed 
  in 
  Eastern 
  Africa. 
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  XXI. 
  — 
  Notes 
  on 
  Birds 
  observed 
  during 
  a 
  Collecting 
  Expeditio7i 
  

   to 
  Eastern 
  Africa. 
  By 
  Frank 
  Finn, 
  B.A., 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  The 
  main 
  object 
  of 
  my 
  journey 
  to 
  East 
  Africa 
  having 
  been 
  

   to 
  collect 
  Oligocliaete 
  Worms, 
  and 
  my 
  stay 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  one, 
  

   I 
  did 
  not 
  form 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  bird-skins, 
  though 
  the 
  kindness 
  

   of 
  the 
  British 
  residents 
  enabled 
  me 
  to 
  bring 
  home 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  living 
  specimens. 
  With 
  these, 
  and 
  with 
  other 
  species 
  

   which 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  identify 
  from 
  my 
  notes, 
  with 
  the 
  

   kind 
  assistance 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Sclater, 
  Dr. 
  Bowdler 
  Sharpe, 
  and 
  

   Count 
  Salvadori, 
  the 
  present 
  paper 
  is 
  concerned. 
  

  

  I 
  left 
  England 
  by 
  the 
  British 
  India 
  steamer 
  'Java^ 
  on 
  

   June 
  6th, 
  arriving 
  on 
  July 
  11th 
  at 
  Zanzibar, 
  where 
  I 
  stayed 
  

   till 
  August 
  8th. 
  On 
  that 
  day 
  I 
  started 
  for 
  Mombasa 
  by 
  the 
  

   coasting-steamer 
  ' 
  Juba,^ 
  which 
  touched 
  at 
  Wasin, 
  on 
  the 
  

   way, 
  long 
  enough 
  to 
  allow 
  some 
  of 
  us 
  to 
  go 
  ashore. 
  I 
  stayed 
  

   at 
  Mombasa 
  till 
  September 
  14th, 
  when 
  I 
  left 
  for 
  England 
  

   by 
  the 
  British 
  India 
  steamer 
  ' 
  Malda,^ 
  and 
  arriA^ed 
  early 
  in 
  

   October. 
  It 
  being 
  the 
  fine 
  season 
  when 
  I 
  was 
  in 
  East 
  Africa, 
  

   I 
  found 
  the 
  climate 
  very 
  pleasant, 
  the 
  temperature 
  about 
  

   that 
  of 
  an 
  English 
  summer, 
  with 
  occasional 
  heavy 
  rain- 
  

   showers. 
  In 
  Zanzibar 
  I 
  stayed 
  at 
  the 
  Hotel 
  Perrot, 
  on 
  the 
  

   outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  and 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  shore. 
  At 
  Mombasa 
  I 
  

   enjoyed 
  the 
  hospitality 
  first 
  of 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Pordage, 
  of 
  English 
  

   Point, 
  on 
  the 
  mainland, 
  and 
  afterwards 
  of 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  Remington 
  

   and 
  Mr. 
  Maclellan, 
  at 
  the 
  Fort 
  Bungalow, 
  Mombasa 
  Island, 
  

   near 
  the 
  ancient 
  Portuguese 
  fort 
  — 
  a 
  locality 
  that 
  abounded 
  

   with 
  birds 
  of 
  several 
  species, 
  most 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  very 
  tame. 
  

   General 
  Mathews, 
  of 
  Zanzibar, 
  was 
  extremely 
  kind, 
  and 
  gave 
  

   me 
  much 
  valuable 
  assistance 
  in 
  my 
  work 
  and 
  many 
  rare 
  speci- 
  

   mens. 
  I 
  am 
  also 
  greatly 
  indebted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  Macalister, 
  of 
  

   Kilindini, 
  Mombasa, 
  and 
  I 
  gladly 
  take 
  this 
  opportunity 
  of 
  

   expressing 
  my 
  obligations, 
  not 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  gentlemen 
  men- 
  

   tioned, 
  but 
  generally 
  to 
  the 
  Europeans 
  with 
  whom 
  I 
  came 
  

   in 
  contact 
  in 
  East 
  Africa 
  and 
  on 
  my 
  journey 
  to 
  and 
  fro, 
  for 
  

   the 
  unvarying 
  kindness 
  and 
  consideration 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  

   treated 
  me. 
  The 
  species 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  brought 
  home 
  living 
  

   specimens 
  arc 
  marked 
  with 
  an 
  asterisk. 
  References 
  arc 
  

  

  