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70. Herodias garzetta (op. cit. p. 716). 
Somewhat scarce. 
71. Nycticorax griseus (op. cit, p. 724). 
Scarce. Only one shot. 
72. Scopus Uxmbretta (op. cit. p. 725). 
Common. 
73. Thalassornis leuconota (op. cit. p. 761). 
Common at times. 
On April 21st_, 1900, I took a nest o£ this Duck in a dam 
near here. It was placed on some weeds in about three feet 
of water, twenty yards from the shore. The eggs were six 
in number knd of a greenish creamy-brown colour. 
74. PoDicETs cRisTATUs (op. cit. p. 785). 
Fairly common. 
75. PoDicEPs MINOR (op. cit. p. 787). 
Fairly common. 
XXXVl. — Field-notes on Birds seen and collected during 
Eight Months' Stay on the Ruo and Shire Rivers, B.C. A., 
1898-99. By A. Blayney Percival, F.Z.S. With Cor- 
rections and Additions by H. T. Reid. 
[Although we have published in ' The Ibis ' a long series 
of papers on birds transmitted to us from Nyasaland by 
Sir Harry Johnston, Col. Manning, Mr. Sharpe, and other 
kind friends, so little has been recorded of the mode of life 
of the feathered tribes of that country that we have thought 
it worth while to put together the field-notes made by 
Mr. A. Blayney Percival during his recent sojourn in the 
southern districts of British Central Africa. 
Mr. Percival writes as follows : — 
'' During my stay of between seven and eight months in 
British Central Africa in 1898-99, I camped chiefly on 
the banks of the Shire and Buo Rivers, as being best suited 
to my requirements, and made Chiromo my headquarters 
and the general base for all my operations. Looking through 
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