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  Mr. 
  F. 
  Finn 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  both 
  to 
  the 
  Kingfishers 
  and 
  the 
  Bee-eaters 
  is 
  obvious 
  when 
  it 
  

   is 
  watched 
  alive. 
  Local 
  name 
  " 
  Blue- 
  Jay. 
  ^' 
  

  

  CoRACiAS 
  GARRULUS. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xvii. 
  p. 
  15.) 
  

  

  A 
  Boiler 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  alighted 
  on 
  the 
  ship^s 
  yard 
  on 
  

   September 
  20th, 
  on 
  the 
  day 
  after 
  we 
  had 
  passed 
  Cape 
  

   Guardafui 
  on 
  our 
  way 
  to 
  England. 
  I 
  got 
  a 
  fairly 
  good 
  

   view 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  Chrysococcyx 
  cupreus. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xix. 
  p. 
  285.) 
  

   One, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  two, 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  used 
  to 
  frequent 
  

   the 
  little 
  backyard 
  of 
  the 
  hotel 
  in 
  Zanzibar 
  to 
  feed 
  on 
  the 
  

   larvse 
  of 
  a 
  moth 
  much 
  resembling 
  the 
  English 
  gold-tail 
  

   (Porthesia 
  auriflua). 
  The 
  larvse 
  were 
  black 
  and 
  yellow, 
  and 
  

   sparsely 
  haired. 
  The 
  birds 
  ate 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  them, 
  

   hopping 
  and 
  flying 
  leisurely 
  from 
  branch 
  to 
  branch. 
  Their 
  

   flight, 
  when 
  protracted 
  for 
  any 
  distance, 
  resembled 
  that 
  of 
  

   a 
  Missel-Thrush, 
  but 
  was 
  lighter. 
  When 
  together 
  they 
  

   frequently 
  spread 
  the 
  tail, 
  usually 
  erecting 
  it, 
  and 
  their 
  note 
  

   was 
  sometimes 
  whistling 
  and 
  sometimes 
  resembled 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  

   young 
  Duck. 
  

  

  ■^ 
  Centropus 
  superciliosus. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xix. 
  p. 
  363.) 
  

   I 
  heard 
  the 
  note 
  of 
  this 
  Cuckoo, 
  somewhat 
  like 
  the 
  sound 
  

   of 
  water 
  poured 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  bottle, 
  in 
  Zanzibar 
  and 
  Mombasa, 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  place 
  frequently 
  saw 
  the 
  bird, 
  which 
  was 
  

   very 
  common, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  island. 
  It 
  has 
  other 
  notes, 
  

   short 
  and 
  harsh, 
  and 
  the 
  specimen 
  brought 
  home 
  often 
  

   uttered 
  a 
  low 
  growling 
  note 
  when 
  alarmed 
  ; 
  on 
  one 
  occasion, 
  

   when 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  hand, 
  it 
  deliberately 
  scratched 
  me, 
  drawing 
  

   blood. 
  Possibly 
  the 
  long 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  hallux 
  is 
  a 
  weapon 
  of 
  

   offence. 
  The 
  flight 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  is 
  heavy 
  and 
  weak, 
  but 
  its 
  

   powers 
  of 
  running, 
  and 
  especially 
  leaping, 
  are 
  very 
  great. 
  It 
  

   is 
  known 
  in 
  Mombasa 
  as 
  '^ 
  Wood 
  Pheasant.'^ 
  

  

  ■^ 
  Gallirex 
  ciilorochlamys. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xix. 
  p. 
  447.) 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  fine 
  and 
  tame 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  was 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  

  

  General 
  Mathews, 
  who 
  very 
  kindly 
  put 
  a 
  good 
  collection 
  of 
  

  

  living 
  animals 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  ' 
  Malda 
  ' 
  when 
  it 
  left 
  Zanzibar. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  individual 
  had 
  been 
  kept 
  in 
  confinement 
  and 
  was 
  

  

  