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into the hole, and, after being pecked by the hen inside, 

 I could not get him to go up again. The hole was some 

 thirty-five feet up, the tree being without branches up to 

 this height. 



127. Ceryle rudis. Common around the lake. A nest 

 was found on September 1 close to the lake in a hole in a 

 bank ; it contained five white eggs almost due to hatch. 



128. Ispidina picta. Fairly common. 



129. Halcyon malinibicus. A forest-bird, not often seen. 



130. Halcyon cyanoleucus. A breeding male was obtained 

 in May. 



131. Halcyon chelicntensis. A nest was seen on August 13, 

 some thirty-five feet high, in a hole at the end of a dead 

 branch. The chattering of the young birds called my 

 attention to it, and one young bird, leaving the nest before 

 it could fly properly, was caught. The hole appeared to be 

 perfectly round like a Woodpeckers'. 



These birds were also nesting at the top of the verandah- 

 post of a double-storey building in Mombasa in March. 



132. Coliiis affinis. Common. They seem to nest during 

 most of the year. I have found them in January, May, 

 June, and October. The clutch is two or three, 



133. Turacus emini. Not at all a common bird. I have 

 only noticed it once. 



134. Musophaga rossae. Fairly common. 



135. Corythseola cristata. Very common. Its resounding 

 notes can be heard anywhere where there is forest. It is 

 interesting to watch these lovely birds swooping one after 

 the other (they usually go about in groups of eight or ten 

 birds) from the top of one tree to about halfway up the next, 

 and then characteristically hopping and running up the 

 branches to the top. By the time number one is up at the 

 top number two has just reached the tree and number three 

 is just leaving the top of the last tree, and so on. 



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