598 0)1 Birds from the Ruo and Shire Rivers. 
95. A'lXAGo DELALAXDii (Bp.) ; Sliellev, Ibis, 1895, p. 547. 
Rare. Two or thi'ee birds were brought me from the hills 
to the west of the Shire. 
96. Chalcopelta afra (Linn.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1897^ p. 548. 
Common. Feeds round the outside of the bush. Very 
quick on the wing. 
97. Tympaxistrta tvmpaxistria (Temm.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 
1897, p. 548. 
Rare, or at least very rarely seen, keeping to the thickest 
bush. 
98. Fraxcolixus kirki Hartl. ; Grant. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxii. p. 149 (1893). 
Xot uncommon — two or three nests found. The eggs of 
this bird are remarkably thick-shelled. 
99. XuMiDA coROXATA Gray; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xxii. p. 376 (1893). 
Common on the banks of all the rivers. These birds 
always roost in the same trees, so that once the place is 
found one may be sure of getting them by waiting there 
at night. On one occasion I was called out early in the 
morning: bv mvboys to shoot " Kanoja,^'' and was taken about 
a mile to a dusty patch near the path, and there I saw quite 
fifty birds sunning themselves. I managed to creep over 
a bank not twentv vards from them and secui-e all that I 
required. 
During; the heat of the day these Guinea-fowls may often 
be seen near the water, but are then very difficult to 
approach. 
100. TuRxix XAXA (Sundev.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1897, p. 552. 
Common in old native gardens. 
101. Rhynchops FLAViROSTRis Yieill.; Shelley, Ibis, 1893, 
p. 29. 
These strange birds are fairly common on the upper waters 
of the Shire, particularly between Maquera^s and Katunga's. 
In my field-notes (Sept. 1898, Maquera^s) , I find — "The 
