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a lot of Dabchicks {Podiceps capensis) breeding, and I also 

 saw a single Great Crested Grebe (P. cristatus), while there 

 were also a good many Ducks {Anas undulatd). The Large 

 Wattled Plover (Lobivanellus lateralis), the Three-banded 

 Plover {JE(/ialitis tricollaris) , and two species of Sandpiper 

 were other birds noted in this locality. On the Loombwa 

 itself, also on the Luapula later, I saw several Sea-Eagles 

 (Haliaetus vocifer), and their piercing screams l)ecame quite 

 familiar. The native name for these fine birds is " kwazi." 

 A big flock of Eastern Red-legged Kestrels (Cerchneis 

 amurensis) put in an appearance one day and roosted in 

 a large bare tree close to the river. White-bellied Storks 

 {Abdimia ahdimi) also were in evidence, but I did not see 

 the White Stork. On the flats by the river I noticed the 

 Yellow-throated Longclaw [Macronyw croceus) , and often 

 saw them running about amid the herds of puku antelope. 

 A common bird in the bush was Smitji^s Helmet-Shrike 

 {Prionops talacomd) and I found it throughout. Everywhere 

 the Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus afer) was especially 

 numerous, and, as is its wont, always in evidence at grass- 

 fires, where, however, its daring is quite outclassed by the 

 graceful and leisured, yet methodical, ways of the Kite. 

 The natives know the Drongo as " matengu.'"' I observed 

 several Grey Cuckoo-Shrikes (Coracitia pectoralis), but it 

 was an uncommon and local species. Other birds which 

 I found somewhat locally distributed were the African 

 Hoopoe (Upupa ofricana) — native name "bubuti^' — and the 

 Wood-Hoopoe (^Irrisor erylhrorhijnchus) . A large Nightjar, 

 which I found on a stony rise close to Inkosakapenda's, 

 appeared to be the Freckled Nightjar [Caprimulgus tri- 

 maculatus). The Pied Kingfisher [Ceryle rudis) — native 

 name '' mlondwi " — and the Giant Kiug^shev (C. maxima) — 

 "matambo'^ — both occur here and there along the running- 

 streams, but appeared to become more numerous after the 

 rainy season had set in. 



Leaving this locality we pushed on through Pola and struck 

 the Luapula River. This fine waterway runs south and west- 

 wards out of Lake Bangweolo (approx. alt. 1200 metres), and 



