io2 DUFILE TO FATIKO. 



obtained in Lado only two specimens in four years. Colobus 

 gtcereza, which I frequently found south of 2° 15' N. lat., is 

 also not to be found on the river ; but I have received 

 splendid skins from Fadibek (3 30' N. lat.), and believe I 

 may consider this to be its northern limit in our province. 

 Here, in Faloro, Schizorhis zonura is heard remarkably often ; 

 the pairs keep faithfully together, as is the case everywhere, 

 but they are very shy. By the brook which runs past 

 Faloro Pluvianus cegyptiacus greeted us. Flocks of Fringillidse 

 rose from the fields. Unfortunately there was no time for 

 sport. 



Of all the riverine tribes, the Madi (to whom the inhabitants 

 of Faloro belong) lay most store by dress and ornaments. 

 They are a fine race of men, most of them above middle 

 height, of a light chocolate-colour, and with well-developed 

 muscles, slightly projecting under jaw, a strong growth of 

 hair, and large flat feet. The men in particular delight in 

 fantastically dressing their hair, building up layer upon layer 

 into an elaborate curly structure. Iron rings on the arms and 

 legs, neck-rings of the same metal, of which there are often 

 several, one above another, becoming smaller towards the top, 

 so that the neck is tightly pressed together and the movement 

 of the head is restricted, ornaments of glass beads, chiefly 

 white or crimson, brass and copper rings on the fingers, 

 all kinds of amulets of wood and roots, and long strings 

 of splendid iron beads round the body and neck, form the 

 outfit of a dandy. The men, moreover, paint themselves 

 curiously in red ochre. Individuals with black bodies and 

 red legs, others with heads and necks red all over, others 

 again all black, with round red patches on the cheeks and 

 forehead, are met at every step. The more wealthy wear the 

 skin of an antelope tied above the right shoulder. The 

 beautifully marked skins of the Tragclccphus scriptus, which, 

 however, is rare here, are especially sought after for this 

 purpose. In default of a better skin that of a goat is used. 



The women, in contrast to the men, are very sparely clothed. 

 A shorter or longer tail of twisted cotton threads, generally 

 brown, is attached to a string of glass or iron beads slung 

 round the waist, and hangs down the back, and a covering in 



