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162. Aquila waWbergi. Fairly common. A great enemy 

 to the chickens. 



163. Accipiter melanoleuciis. A fine male Avas shot in 

 December, after having tried to carry off a chicken almost as 

 heavy as itself. 



161. Scopus umhretta. Often to be seen in or near running 

 water. 



165. Corethrnra pulchra. Probably common in most of the 

 swamps, but difficult to obtain, owing to their only flying a 

 few yards before dropping into the long grass and not rising 

 again. When put up by dogs in swampy forest, which thej 

 are also partial to, they often fly into trees, and can then 

 be shot. I watched one for several minutes on one 

 occasion in a swampy patch of forest running about and 

 bobbing its tail in the regular Rail-fashion, all the while 

 uttering a chirpy call. 



166. Turnix nana. Occasionally seen, but never common. 

 One hears frequently a curious booming call, which all the 

 natives say is a pufi-adder, but which, I think, may be this 

 bird. 



167. Excalfactoria adansoni. Now and then one comes 

 across small parties of this pretty little Quail, usually in 

 old deserted gardens. They can often be flushed by a 

 dog a second time, unless the grass is too thick for the dog 

 to move quickly. 



168. Francolinus schuetti. The only common Francolin 

 in this district. It is invariably met with in pairs. It 

 usually perches after being flushed by dogs, and can then 

 be approached to within a few yards, and will often not fly 

 until stones have been thrown, and then only if almost hit. 



169. Francolinus mulemse. 



Francolinus nmlemcE O.-Graut, Bull. B. O. C. xiv. 1903, 

 p. 30. 



Very occasionally met with. 



