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its sombre bronzy brown plumage. The Thrush, Turdus deckeni elgonensis, hops like a 

 Blackbird and disappears quickly when it thinks thore is some danser. Ahl/n skulks 

 through the dense undergrowth and is difficult to get hold of in the dusk. < 'ossypha 

 fiuhrujvsccns reminds about a Redstart when it flies Ihrough the undergrowth in the daik- 

 ness of the forest. Geocichla piaggice disappears like a flash of rusty red never to be seen 

 again. High up in the crowns of the tallest trees a slight rustling may be heard when 

 the Forest Starlings Pyrrhocheira and Stilbobpsar feed on the berries of Podocarpus etc. 

 There in the lofty height Lophocerus melanoleucus often has its haunts, and from the 

 giants of the forest the screaming and croaking of Bycanistes cristatus sounds with inter- 

 vals. The bright-coloured and splendent Narina (Apaloderma narina) flies listlessly 

 from one tree to another in the thick woods at Nairobi, while its near relative, the equally 

 beautiful Heterotrogon leads a similar life in the forests at Meru borna at the same altitude, 

 and in the Kenia forests. Jacksons Wood-Hopoe works nervously up and down the tree 

 stems and among the lianse. In the sunlit valleys in the Kenia forest and in glades with 

 bushes the little Melittophagus oreobates matches its bright green plumage with the luxu- 

 riant vegetation. The Kikuyu White-Eye (Zosterops kikuyuensis), the smallest and one 

 of the commonest birds of the great forest, works like a Titmouse or a Wren among the 

 twigs of the trees. Around open places in the forests several species of Sunbirds are to be 

 found, Cinnyris venustus falkensteini at Nairobi, C. reichenowi at Meru, and C. mediocris 

 at higher altitudes on Kenia, Drepanorhynchus near Escarpment and so on. Some birds 

 are at least resting in the thick forest like Columba arquatrix, and some birds of prey 

 Astur tachiro, and Accipiter minullus, but for Syrnium woodfordi the forest is the hun- 

 ting ground as well. In the bamboo-brakes and bushes at a high altitude Cisticola pri- 

 nioides is the most typical bird but Zosterops, and Cinnyris mediocris are fully at home 

 in those rather cool localities as well. Bradypterus cinnamomeus, Turacus hartlmibi, 

 Poicephalus gulielmi massaicus, Pyrrhocheira walleri were also found at the upper edge 

 of the forest. 



List of birds ofotained in forests. 



E. Wc. 



Ea. Wc. 



Es. 



A. 



E. 



Eno. 



Eno. 



Ea. Wc 



Ef. (W., 



Ef. 



A. 



Es. 



Wc. 



K. Sv. 



Vinago calva salvadorii Dubois 



Columba arquatrix Tem 



Aplopelia larvata (Tem.) 



T ympanistria tympanistria (Tem.J . . . . 



? Guttera pucherani Harxl 



Astur tachiro unduliventer (Rtipp.) 



Accipiter minullus intermedius 



Syrnium woodfordi A. Sm 



Poicephalus gulielmi massaicus (Fschr. Rcnw 



Turacus hartlaubi Fschr. Rchw 



Metallococcyx smaragdineus (Sw.) 



lynx pectoralis Wagl 



Dendromus keniolcema Rchw. Neum 



Vet. Akad. Handl. Band 47. N:o 5. 



Near 

 Nairobi 



+ 



+ 



+ 

 + 

 + 

 + 



X. ar 

 Escarp- 

 ment 

 station 



On east- 

 ern slopes 

 of Kenia 



+ 

 + 



+ 



+ 

 + 

 + 



Near Meru 

 borna 



