﻿observed 
  in 
  Eastern 
  Africa. 
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  quite 
  a 
  pet. 
  When 
  played 
  with 
  it 
  frequently 
  displayed 
  its 
  

   crimson 
  primaries. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  Zoologieal 
  Society's 
  

   Gardens, 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  excellent 
  plumage. 
  

  

  CoLius 
  AFFiNis. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xvii. 
  p. 
  342.) 
  

   Common 
  on 
  Mombasa 
  Island. 
  Its 
  flight 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  that 
  

   of 
  a 
  Partridge, 
  but 
  less 
  violent. 
  

  

  Tachoiixis 
  pahva. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xvi. 
  p. 
  463.) 
  

   Common 
  at 
  Zanzibar. 
  I 
  also 
  noticed 
  these 
  singular 
  

   Swifts 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  Caprimulgus 
  europ.'eus. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xvi. 
  p. 
  526.) 
  

   Seen 
  on 
  the 
  voyages 
  out 
  and 
  home 
  in 
  broad 
  daylight 
  on 
  

   several 
  occasions. 
  A 
  smaller, 
  redder, 
  and 
  shorter-winged 
  

   Nightjar 
  alighted 
  on 
  the 
  ship 
  the 
  day 
  after 
  we 
  left 
  Aden 
  ; 
  

   and 
  a 
  species 
  similar 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  proportions 
  to 
  this 
  might 
  

   be 
  nightly 
  seen 
  at 
  Mombasa 
  on 
  the 
  trolly-track 
  running 
  to 
  

   Kilindini. 
  

  

  PCEOCEPHALUS 
  FUSCICAPILLUS. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  XX. 
  p. 
  368.) 
  

  

  I 
  met 
  with 
  this 
  bird 
  on 
  a 
  few 
  occasions 
  in 
  captivity 
  at 
  

   Zanzibar 
  and 
  Mombasa, 
  and 
  wild 
  some 
  miles 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  

   latter 
  town 
  on 
  the 
  mainland. 
  It 
  flies 
  with 
  a 
  quicker 
  stroke 
  

   of 
  the 
  wings 
  than 
  one 
  would 
  expect 
  from 
  their 
  length. 
  

  

  PsiTTACUS 
  ERITHACUS. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  XX. 
  p. 
  377.) 
  

   A 
  common 
  pet 
  with 
  Hindoos, 
  Goanese, 
  and 
  Europeans, 
  

   being 
  brouglit 
  down 
  from 
  the 
  interior. 
  

  

  MiLvus, 
  sp. 
  inc. 
  

  

  Kites 
  are 
  common 
  at 
  Aden 
  and 
  down 
  the 
  East-African 
  

   coast, 
  and 
  often 
  very 
  tame, 
  but 
  I 
  should 
  not 
  like 
  to 
  decide 
  

   as 
  to 
  the 
  species, 
  especially 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  heard 
  of 
  the 
  introduction 
  

   of 
  Kites 
  from 
  India. 
  Kites 
  have 
  been 
  tried 
  as 
  scavengers 
  

   at 
  Zanzibar, 
  but 
  will 
  not 
  stay. 
  They 
  are 
  most 
  dexterous 
  in 
  

   snatching 
  their 
  food 
  off 
  the 
  water, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  one 
  do 
  

   without 
  leaving 
  a 
  perceptible 
  ri])ple. 
  Mr. 
  Pigott, 
  chief 
  

   officer 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Malda,^ 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  seen 
  Kites 
  

   help 
  a 
  fallen 
  companion 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  a 
  kindly 
  trait 
  one 
  

   would 
  hardly 
  expect 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  bird. 
  

  

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