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EINAR LÖNNBERG, B1RDS. 



The Barethroated Francolin had then newhatched young, or eggs on this steppe. 



As the impending breeding season is plainly indicated in the birds by the swelling 

 of the genital organs the state of these organs was recorded when the birds were preserved. 

 The following list comprising 78 different species of birds is accordingly of interest as it 

 proves at which tinie of the year these birds breed. 



The following birds were found with swelled genital organs. 



Struthio molybdophanes 



O tis gindiana 



Bubulcus ibis 



Columba guinea 



Turtur senegalensis cequatorialis 



» capicola tropicus 



» semitorquatus 

 Aplopelia larvata 

 Pternistes leucosc. infuscatus 

 Coturnix coturnix africana 

 Turacus hartlaubi 

 Tricholosma stigmatotliorax 

 Colius leucotis ajjinis 

 Apaloderma narina 

 Chelidon emini 

 Bradornis grisens erlangeri 

 Batis orientalis somaliensis 

 Alseonax murinus 

 Platysteira peltata 

 Trochocercus bivittatus 

 Tchitrea viridis 

 Eurocephalus riippelli 

 Pomatorhynchus minutus 

 Laniarius funebris 

 Dryoscopus cubla hamatus 

 Lanius humeralis uropygialis 



» caudatus 

 Dier ur us ludwigi 

 Oriolus larvatus percivali 

 Creatophora carunculata 

 Spreo superbus 

 Lamprocolius chalyboeus 

 Pyrrhocheira walleri 

 Cosmopsarus regius 

 Plocepasser donaldsoni 



9 /a Lekiundu. 

 14 / 2 N. of Guaso Nyiri 



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/3 Kagio. 

 2 2 N. of Guaso Nyiri. 

 s i Juja farm, ai > Fort Hall. 

 l U Lekiundu. 



9 /, 



Nairobi. 



" 7 i Kenia. 



5 /i Juja farm, 2 2 Luaz., egg. 7 / 2 Lekiundu. 



2 /i Nairobi. 

 25 /i E. Kenia forest. 

 - ,: 2 Njoro. 

 B5 /i Embu borna. 

 3 V" Nairobi. 



2 /4 Punda Melia. 

 '" 1 Njoro. 



12 /3 N. of Guaso Nyiri. 

 2(i ,3 Kenia. 



2 / 2 Meru. 

 31 /i2 Nairobi, ■/> Meru borna. 



4/ i Nairobi, 28 /i Meru borna. 

 27 /2 Njoro. 



2 ji Punda Melia. 

 10 /3 N. of Guaso Nyiri. 



l /a Meru borna. 



l A Fort Hall. 



-U Punda Melia. 

 :,0 /i2 Nairobi. 

 :i0 .1— \* 8 Meru borna. 

 2 " 3 Luazomela. 

 n /2 Guaso Nyiri, 30 /a Kagio. 

 2!, 3 Kutu. 

 27 1 Kenia. 

 10 '3 N. of Guaso Nyiri. 



7 /a Lekiundu. 



