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  Mr. 
  F. 
  Finn 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  at 
  dawn 
  and 
  dusk. 
  The 
  birds, 
  however, 
  cannot 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  

   rise 
  in 
  the 
  thick 
  bush, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  Doves 
  on 
  the 
  mainland 
  

   form 
  the 
  chief 
  local 
  game. 
  

  

  ^ 
  NUMIDA 
  MITRATA. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  easily 
  rendered 
  tame, 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   brought 
  home 
  being 
  absolutely 
  impudent. 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Pordage 
  

   who 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  beautiful 
  specimen, 
  slighter-looking, 
  though 
  

   fully 
  adult, 
  than 
  those 
  brought 
  home, 
  told 
  me 
  they 
  were 
  

   easily 
  tamed 
  by 
  shutting 
  them 
  up 
  and 
  feeding 
  them 
  well 
  for 
  

   awhile, 
  when 
  they 
  would 
  stay 
  about 
  the 
  bungalow 
  when 
  set 
  at 
  

   liberty, 
  as 
  his 
  bird 
  did. 
  This 
  species 
  has 
  the 
  native 
  name 
  of 
  

   " 
  Kanga," 
  a 
  tufted 
  species 
  which 
  I 
  saw 
  tame 
  in 
  Zanzibar 
  (pro- 
  

   bably 
  N. 
  puchercmi) 
  being 
  distinguished 
  as 
  " 
  Karoro." 
  

  

  ■^ 
  Glareola 
  ocularis. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  Macalister 
  for 
  two 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  this 
  interesting 
  bird. 
  I 
  accompanied 
  him 
  on 
  one 
  occasion 
  

   a 
  few 
  miles 
  up 
  the 
  mainland 
  opposite 
  Mombasa 
  Island 
  to 
  a 
  

   small 
  lake, 
  or 
  rather 
  bog, 
  for 
  it 
  was 
  filled 
  with 
  vegetation, 
  

   abounding 
  with 
  grasshoppers 
  and 
  small 
  frogs, 
  and 
  frequented 
  

   by 
  Ibises 
  (/. 
  tethiopica 
  and 
  a 
  taller 
  black 
  species) 
  and 
  white 
  

   Egrets. 
  The 
  Ibises 
  were 
  too 
  wary 
  to 
  be 
  obtained, 
  but 
  my 
  

   companion 
  shot 
  two 
  Pratincoles, 
  one, 
  which 
  was 
  mortally 
  

   wounded, 
  at 
  the 
  lake, 
  and 
  one 
  on 
  our 
  journey 
  back, 
  which 
  was 
  

   winged. 
  The 
  broken 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Aving 
  having 
  been 
  amjmtated 
  

   and 
  the 
  stump 
  dressed 
  with 
  Friar^s 
  balsam, 
  the 
  bird^s 
  wound 
  

   healed 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  days, 
  though 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  it 
  

   refused 
  food 
  and 
  I 
  had 
  to 
  feed 
  it 
  for 
  about 
  a 
  week 
  by 
  hand, 
  

   during 
  which 
  operation 
  it 
  bit 
  with 
  considerable 
  vigour. 
  

   When 
  turned 
  loose 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  yard 
  its 
  attitude 
  when 
  startled 
  

   strongly 
  reminded 
  me 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  Gull, 
  which 
  it 
  also 
  resembled 
  

   in 
  its 
  gait 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  had 
  the 
  bobbing 
  motion 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  cha- 
  

   racteristic 
  of 
  a 
  Plover. 
  Its 
  flight 
  resembles 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   Golden 
  Plover, 
  but 
  also 
  reminds 
  one, 
  in 
  its 
  slowness, 
  of 
  a 
  

   Tern, 
  and 
  its 
  cry, 
  though 
  rattling, 
  can 
  yet 
  be 
  recognized 
  as 
  

   that 
  of 
  a 
  Pluvialine 
  bird. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  cage 
  in 
  the 
  Insect-house 
  in 
  the 
  

   Zoological 
  Society's 
  Gardens, 
  and 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  doing 
  well. 
  

  

  