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they new preen and poke about much in their plumage, burrow

in the sand, eat unaided, and delight to sit in the sun.


In the fourth week the breeder removed the young, and

they practised, according to their sex, their natural cry, which

the old birds, now reunited, frequently answered ; they also gave

utterance to sundry other more gentle notes.


In concluding these extracts from Dr. Russ’ valuable work,

it may be interesting to note that T. lepurana, particularly in its

method of crouching with the hinder part of the body and tail

erect, more closely corresponds with what Mr. Seth-Smith has

told us about Turnix tanki than does the Black-necked or

Madagascar Hemipode.



BIRD NOTES FROM UGANDA.


By E. M. Seth-Smith, B.A., M.B.O.U.


A few notes on the birds to be seen in and around Entebbe

may be of interest to the members of the Avicultural Society.

Entebbe is the European headquarters of Uganda, and is situated

on the north coast of the Victoria Nyansa, about 32 0 30' east of

Greenwich, and about three or four miles north of the Equator.


Birds are very numerous, and we have besides the

numerous very beautiful birds, many very fine songsters. On

the lake itself there are Divers and Darters innumerable, also

Gulls, and perhaps the grandest bird to be seen here, the Fish

Eagle. This bird is protected, as are several others, viz., Vul¬

tures, numbers of which flock down to the meat market in the

evenings ; Egrets, of which there are at least two kinds, one

keeping amongst the reeds on the lake shore, and the other often

to be seen in large flocks following grazing cattle and picking off

the ticks.


The Whale-headed Stork (Balceniceps rex), is to be found in

a swamp a few miles from Entebbe, but very shy and hardly ever

seen; the Saddle - billed Stork (Xenorhynchus senegalensis) not

found very near here, and a beautiful Crowned Crane, often to be

seen in flocks of from fifteen to twenty.


To mention some of the most beautiful birds, we must

begin with the lovely Sun Birds. There are several species of



