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  Mr. 
  F. 
  Finn 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  given 
  to 
  the 
  published 
  volumes 
  of 
  the 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Birds 
  in 
  

   the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  CoRvus 
  scAPULATUs. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  22.) 
  

  

  This 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  Crow 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  

   abundant, 
  at 
  least 
  on 
  the 
  coast, 
  to 
  which 
  I 
  was 
  almost 
  entirely 
  

   confined 
  during 
  my 
  stay. 
  

  

  CoRVus 
  SPLENDENS. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  33.) 
  

  

  The 
  " 
  Bombay 
  Crow," 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  fairly 
  plentiful 
  in 
  the 
  

   town 
  of 
  Zanzibar, 
  has 
  been 
  recently 
  introduced. 
  Sir 
  Gerald 
  

   Portal 
  told 
  me 
  he 
  had 
  seen 
  it 
  capture 
  a 
  " 
  Chiriko 
  " 
  {Crith- 
  

   agra) 
  on 
  the 
  wing. 
  This 
  Crow 
  was 
  imported 
  as 
  a 
  scavenger; 
  

   it 
  does 
  not 
  yet 
  appear 
  to 
  display 
  the 
  impudence 
  characteristic 
  

   of 
  it 
  in 
  its 
  native 
  country. 
  The 
  " 
  Chiriko 
  " 
  referred 
  to 
  is 
  a 
  

   not 
  uncommon 
  cage-bird 
  in 
  Zanzibar, 
  and 
  is 
  usually 
  kept 
  in 
  

   a 
  cage 
  with 
  two 
  side 
  compartments 
  fitted 
  up 
  as 
  traps, 
  so 
  that 
  

   it 
  is 
  both 
  a 
  pet 
  and 
  a 
  decoy. 
  I 
  saw 
  one 
  wild 
  at 
  Mombasa. 
  

  

  BucHANGA 
  ATRA, 
  var. 
  AssiMiLis. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  247.) 
  

   1 
  sometimes 
  saw 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  at 
  Mombasa. 
  

  

  Lanius, 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  grey 
  Shrike 
  came 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  ' 
  Java 
  ' 
  in 
  the 
  Red 
  

   Sea 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  exhausted 
  state; 
  the 
  next 
  day, 
  however, 
  it 
  

   revived 
  and 
  ate 
  cockroaches 
  from 
  the 
  hand, 
  though 
  still 
  

   almost 
  unable 
  to 
  fly. 
  On 
  the 
  following 
  day 
  it 
  was 
  so 
  tame 
  

   that 
  it 
  ate 
  a 
  cockroach 
  while 
  sitting 
  on 
  my 
  finger, 
  grasping 
  

   the 
  insect 
  with 
  one 
  foot, 
  as 
  it 
  usually 
  did 
  when 
  feeding. 
  

  

  At 
  Aden 
  I 
  offered 
  it 
  a 
  small 
  shore-crab, 
  which 
  it 
  readily 
  

   ate, 
  having 
  probably 
  been 
  used 
  to 
  such 
  diet 
  on 
  the 
  barren 
  

   land 
  whence 
  it 
  had 
  come. 
  Unfortunately 
  it 
  escaped 
  on 
  the 
  

   day 
  after 
  leaving 
  Aden, 
  making 
  for 
  land 
  (about 
  60 
  miles 
  off) 
  

   with 
  a 
  Magpie-like 
  flight, 
  against 
  a 
  head 
  wind. 
  I 
  am 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  unable 
  to 
  identify 
  the 
  species. 
  In 
  plumage 
  it 
  was 
  more 
  

   like 
  L. 
  excubitor 
  than 
  L. 
  lahtora, 
  but 
  had 
  strong 
  legs 
  and 
  

   feet. 
  

  

  Telephonus 
  senegalus. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  viii. 
  p. 
  1.24.) 
  

   Common 
  in 
  the 
  low 
  bush 
  on 
  Mombasa 
  Island 
  ; 
  has 
  a 
  

   whirring 
  flight. 
  

  

  