1900.] THE BIRDS OF MOUNT KENYA. 597 



3. Pternistes INFTTSCATTTS. 



Pternistes infiiscatus, Cab. : Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 552 ; id. Hand-1. 

 B. i. p, 26 (1899) ; Sbelley, B. Africa, i. p. 179 (1896). 



No. 30. rf • Shot on the march to Camp 12, Aug. 10, 1899. 

 Eyes dark brown ; bill dark brown ; legs and feet black ; fleshy 

 parts around eyes and throat vermilion-red ; neck bright yellow. 



4. Numida reichenowi. 



Numida reichenowi, Ogilvie Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 536, fig. 1; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 183 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 41 

 (1899). 



No. 111. 2 • Shot at Camp 29 on the Morendat Eiver, Sept. 26, 

 1899. Alt. 7000 feet. Iris hazel ; bill horn-colour ; wattles and 

 horn red ; base of horn yellow-ochre; bare skin around eyes, chin, 

 throat, nape, and neck cobalt-blue ; legs and feet black. 



Common, and to be seen in various sized flocks, and always near 

 water. We saw these birds at an altitude of over 7000 feet ; they 

 were very nice-eating. 



5. Haplopelia bbonzina. 



Haplopelia bronzina (Eiipp.) : Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxi. 

 p. 540 (1893); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 136 (1896): Sharpe, 

 Hand-1. B. i. p. 85 (1899). 



No. 95. $ ad. Forest zone, Mount Kenya (8000 feet), Sept. 18, 

 1899. Bill black ; legs, feet, and eyelids lake-red ; iris hazel. 



The only specimen of its kind seen during the eight days' stay 

 in this camp. 



6. Ardea melanocephala. 



Ardea melanocephala, Vig. & Childr. : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxvi. p. 70 (1898) ; id. Hand-1. B. i. p. 194 (1899) : Shelley, B. 

 Africa, i. p. 157 (1896). 



No. 28. S. Shot July 8, 1899, Camp 11, Sagana Eiver. Eyes 

 pale yellow ; fleshy parts around eyes mottled greenish yellow ; 

 bill, legs, and feet black. 



7. AliOPOCHEN .EGYPTIACUS. 



Chendlopex cegyptiacus, (Linn.): Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus.xxvii 

 p. 167 (1895); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 171 (1896). 



Alopochen cegyptiacus, Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 215 (1899). 



No. 29. $. Camp 11, Sagana Eiver, Aug. 7, 1899. Iris 

 yellow-ochre ; feet white ; bill pale bluish white. 



The Egyptian Goose was common on all the rivers in this dis- 

 trict, and huge flocks were observed on Lake Naivasha. 



8. Anas sparsa. 



Anas sparsa, Smith : Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 213 



