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March, and Zanzibar, by the Austrian Lloyd's steamer, on 

 the 9th. Very few birds were seen in Zanzibar harbour ; 

 the Kites (Milvus cegyptius), however, were very plentiful, 

 scouring the water for scraps from the ships, and Mr. Sclater 

 also noticed several examples of a brown Gull with white 

 underparts and tail, which he believes was Larus hem'prichi. 

 In the town by far the commonest bird was the Java 

 Sparrow, which was busy everywhere in the streets and 

 gardens. Opposite the windows in the hotel was a large 

 palm tree, which was the resort of numerous green-and- 

 yellow Sun-birds {Anthothreptes hypodila), besides many 

 Chameleons {Chamceleon parvilohus). A drive out in the 

 country to Chakwane, one of the Sultan's palaces, did not 

 bring many more birds to notice, but a good many Pied 

 Crows {Gorvus scapulatus) , aCoucal {Gentropus superciliosus) , 

 besides Drongos and a number of little greyish-brown 

 Palm Swifts ( Tachornis parva) were observed. 



A few days later the journey was continued to Mombasa, 

 where Mr. P. J. Jackson, the Deputy-Commissioner of the 

 East African Protectorate, and one of our best authorities 

 on East African Ornithology, was met with. After a short 

 stay at Mombasa the railway was taken to Nairobi, half 

 way between the coast and the Victoria Nyanza, and a 

 rapidly rising town, the centre of the farming country. 

 The birds here were not very interesting except the 

 Sakabulas (GoUuspasser) , which were just assuming their 

 nuptial dress, and were jumping up and down in the grass 

 and performing their strange antics. 



On Lake Victoria, which was reached a few days later, 

 there were plenty of birds ; Larus cirrhocephalus was quite 

 common, as were also the Snake-bird {Flotus rufus), and 

 the little Duiker or Cormorant {Phalacrocorax africanus), 

 while on the islets were large ilocks of Egrets. 



At Entebbe, the capital of Uganda, where the steamer 

 was left, the most interesting bird seen was a large Barbet 

 with a pale green beak and scarlet underparts, believed to 

 be Lyhius aquatorialis. It was nesting in a hole made 

 in a pole which supported the roof of a summer-house. 



