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but here I find some curious little examples of the Gecko 
family. I see some every night, but seldom in daylight. 
Their tails have what looks like a sharp horny point at the 
end and which they seem to use as a means of hanging on to 
the wall. In catching flies they are exceedingly quick in their 
movements, while at times they seem to remain motionless 
for a long time with staring eyes, and I often hear them ‘ talking ’ 
to each other. Do other kinds of lizards call to one another ? 
These here are about 7 or 8 inches long and of a pale green 
colour, with dark bars on the backs of some. They are not 
pretty creatures, but they catch many flies, which helps one 
to tolerate them running about the house walls at night. 
This is the only place where I have seen Geckos. 
Ticks . — Twice since I came here I have been bitten by 
a most minute tick, no larger than a pin-head. This noxious 
insect burrows until only a very small piece of it is observable, 
causing a very large swelling all round it. This insect seems 
to cause fever of some kind, as I experienced. 
J. T. Peffers. 
Naminge, Uganda. 
MIGRATION NOTES 
By R. van Someren 
Ordinary Name 
Scientific Name 
Date observed 
Place 
Blue-bearded yellow wag- 
tail (young) 
Motacilla flava 
Nov. 20, 1912 
Jinja (Lake 
Victoria) 
Spotted flycatcher 
Muscicapa 
griseola 
Nov. 19, 1912 
99 
99 
Willow wren 
Sylvia 
trochilus 
Nov. 10, 1912 
99 
99 
Whinchat . 
Pratincola 
rubetra 
Nov. 8, 1912 
99 
99 
Garden warbler . 
Sylvia 
hortensis 
Nov. 10, 1912 
99 
99 
Red-capped courser 
Cursorius 
temminclcii 
Nov. 20, 1912 
99 
99 
Black cap warbler 
Sylvia 
atricapilla 
Nov. 12, 1912 
99 
99 
Asiatic dotterel . 
Ochthodromus 
asiaticus 
Nov. 20, 1912 
99 
99 
Orange-billed swallow . 
Hirundo 
senegalensis 
Feb. 20, 1913 
99 
99 
Wheatear . 
Saxicola 
cenanthe 
Nov. 8, 1912 
99 
99 
